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credal

credal

1 9.8
Relating to a group's set of religious beliefs
  • adjective
  • /ˈkridəl/
  • Formal
: credo
  • Instead, they suggested an array of theological (and occasionally thaumaturgical) solutions: confession, credal prayer, edifying stories, and appeal to higher powers.

Examples

  • His credal values guide him in all aspects of his life and decision-making.

  • Conflicts over a win orientation that owe to an expressed belief in the Christian creed should not be problematic for respondents who have not internalized the credal tenets.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Theologians reconciled this with the credal belief in the resurrection of the dead by postulating an "intermediate state" of separated souls, between death and the Day of Judgment.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The church's credal statement outlines the fundamental beliefs shared by its members.

  • Many conflicts arise from differing credal interpretations among various religious groups.

Synonyms

religious
vscredal
∞ 2.7

Believing in gods or spiritual ideas

is about being based on a shared creed or formal belief system
creedal
vscredal
  • Formal
1 8.6

Relating to a set of beliefs, often a formal statement of faith

is more focused on being tied to religious belief than on formal statements

Antonyms

secular
165 4.7

Not connected with religion, about everyday and public life

atheistic
10 6.7

Not believing in any gods

Surface Forms

credal positive

Morphology

credal = creed (transparent) = creed + al

The adjective is a straightforward relational formation meaning 'relating to a creed'.

Etymology

The word credal comes from the Latin credere 'to believe' and is like the word creed, a short statement of belief, so credal means 'relating to a set of beliefs'.