Jones on Article VIII: Of the Three Creeds

” The creed of Nice calleth him, (Christ) ‘Light of light,’ the natural Son of God, in whom dwelleth the fountain of all divinity naturally — meaning that he is not the Son of God by adoption or acceptation into grace, but naturally the Son of God.” &c On Christ and his office.

” That the Creed which is commonly and universally used to be said by the common people, was made by the twelve apostles : and though the articles thereof are firmly and stead- fastly to be believed of every Christian man, as articles suf- ficiently proved by Scripture ; yet that they were gathered together by the twelve apostles… cannot be proved by Scrip- ture, ne is it not necessary to be believed for our salvation.” — Appendix of unwritten verities.

” We believe and confess all the articles of faith and doctrine set forth in the symbol of the apostles, which we commonly call the creed ; and in the symbols of the Council of Nice, kept An. Dom. 324 ; of Ephesus, kept An. Dom. 432 ; of Chalcedon, kept An. Dom. 454 ; of Toletum, the first and fourth. Also in the Symbols of Athanasius, Irenreus, Tertullian, and of Damascus, which was about the year of our Lord 376.”

” Why is it called the symbol ” (or creed) ” of the Apostles ? Because it was first received from the Apostles’ own mouth, or most faithfully gathered out of their writings, and allowed from the very beginning of the Church, and so hath continually remained among all the godly, firm, steadfast, and unmoved, as a sure and staid rule of Christian faith.” — Catechism.

” There is no creed made at any general councils, nor Athanasius’s Creed, but we willingly embrace it, receive it, and believe it. Seeing then we openly profess and teach all things contained in the Holy Scriptures, and all the Articles of any creed determined in general council, or written by Athanasius, or any Catholic father, how can it be that we be out of the faith […] Burning of St. Paul’s, §c.