Editing Creed (section)

==Similar concepts in other religions==

=== The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ===
{{main|Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints)}}

Within the [[List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement|sects]] of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], the ''Articles of Faith'' are contained in a list which was composed by [[Joseph Smith]] as part of an 1842 [[The Wentworth Letter|letter]] which he sent to [[John Wentworth (mayor)|"Long" John Wentworth]], editor of the ''[[Chicago Democrat]]''. It is canonized along with the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]], the ''[[Book of Mormon]]'', the ''[[Doctrine & Covenants]]'' and the ''[[Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)|Pearl of Great Price]]'', as a part of the [[standard works]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] <ref> Morrison, Alexander B., "The Latter-day Saint Concept of Canon", Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center </ref>

=== Islamic ''aqīdah'' ===
{{main|ʿAqīdah|Iman (concept)}}

In Islamic theology, the term most closely corresponding to "creed" is ''[[ʿAqīdah|ʿaqīdah]]'' ({{lang|ar|عقيدة}}).{{who|date=August 2023}} The first such creed was written as "a short answer to the pressing heresies of the time" is known as ''Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar'' and ascribed to [[Abū Ḥanīfa]].<ref name=Glasse>Glasse, Cyril (2001). New Encyclopedia of Islam (Revised ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 105.</ref><ref name="Abu Hanifah An-Nu^man">{{cite web|last=Abu Hanifah An-Nu^man|title=Al- Fiqh Al-Akbar|url=http://www.aicp.org/SupportingDocs/Al__Fiqh__Akbar_English.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816084611/http://www.aicp.org/SupportingDocs/Al__Fiqh__Akbar_English.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=live|publisher=aicp.org|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Two well known creeds were the ''Fiqh Akbar II''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/34756601/Al-Fiqh-Al-Akbar-II-With-Commentary-by-Al-Ninowy |title=Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar II With Commentary by Al-Ninowy |access-date=2017-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315081425/http://www.scribd.com/doc/34756601/Al-Fiqh-Al-Akbar-II-With-Commentary-by-Al-Ninowy |archive-date=2014-03-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "representative" of the [[Ash'ari|al-Ash'ari]], and ''Fiqh Akbar III'', "representative" of the [[Shafi'i|Ash-Shafi'i]].<ref name=Glasse/>

''Iman'' ({{langx|ar|{{large|الإيمان}}}}) in [[Islamic theology]] denotes a believer's religious faith.<ref>Farāhī, Majmū‘ah Tafāsīr, 2nd ed. (Faran Foundation, 1998), 347.</ref><ref>Frederick M. Denny, ''An Introduction to Islam, 3rd ed., p. 405''</ref> Its most simple definition is the belief in [[Iman (concept)#The six articles of faith|the six articles of faith]], known as ''arkān al-īmān''.
#[[Tawhid|Belief in God]]
#[[Islamic view of angels|Belief in the Angels]]
#[[Islamic holy books|Belief in Divine Books]]
#[[Prophets in Islam|Belief in the Prophets]]
#[[Yawm al-Qiyāmah|Belief in the Day of Judgement]]
#[[Predestination in Islam|Belief in God's predestination]]

===Jewish ''Shema Yisrael''===
{{See also|Jewish principles of faith}}

[[Rabbi]] [[Milton Steinberg]] wrote that "By its nature Judaism is averse to formal creeds which of necessity limit and restrain thought"<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Steinberg|first1=Milton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBu5Tpc4DtcC&q=Judaism+has+never+arrived+at+a+creed|title=Basic Judaism|last2=World|first2=Harcourt, Brace &|date=1947|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-15-610698-6|pages=35|language=en}}</ref> and asserted in his book ''Basic Judaism'' (1947) that "Judaism has never arrived at a creed."<ref name=":0" /> The 1976 Centenary Platform of the [[Central Conference of American Rabbis]], an organization of [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] rabbis, agrees that "Judaism emphasizes action rather than creed as the primary expression of a religious life."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tenets of Reform Judaism|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-tenets-of-reform-judaism|access-date=2020-11-19|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>

Still, the opening lines of the prayer [[Shema Yisrael]] can be read as a creedal statement of strict [[monotheism]]: "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One" ({{langx|he|שמע ישראל אדני אלהינו אדני אחד}}; [[Romanization of Hebrew|transliterated]] ''Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shema - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ) |url=https://www.jewfaq.org/prayers_shema |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.jewfaq.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Shema |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-shema |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Opening of the Shema Prayer Explained |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/holidays-religious-traditions/2022/may/shema-explained-kimelman.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.brandeis.edu |language=en}}</ref>

A notable statement of [[Jewish principles of faith]] was drawn up by [[Maimonides]] as his [[13 principles of faith|13 Principles of Faith]].<ref>"Maimonides' Principles: The Fundamentals of Jewish Faith", in ''The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology, Volume I'', Mesorah Publications, 1994</ref>