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credenda

credenda

9.9
Religious beliefs that people accept as true
  • noun
  • /krɪˈdɛndə/
  • Formal
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  • AAJESTY hesitates, false credenda mount.

Examples

  • The group met to review their credenda, reaffirming their beliefs and principles as a community.

  • In his book, the theologian outlined the essential credenda that every believer should understand.

  • The use of tenenda rather than credenda suggests that the pope might teach infallibly on a matter not itself divinely revealed and therefore a matter not to be "believed" but "held."

    Academic text (2002)

  • What Newman realized, however, and what many of his contemporaries in the Catholic Church did not, was that the process whereby those credenda are established is by no means clear-cut.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Patrick has published articles and essays on apologetics in Catholic and Protestant journals such as Catholic Dossier, New Covenant, This Rock, New Oxford Review, Regeneration Quarterly, Sacerdos, Catholic Extension, Credenda/Agenda, and Lay Witness.

    Blog text (5)

  • The pastor discussed the core credenda of the faith during his sermon to the congregation.

Synonyms

article of faith
vscredenda
4 6.0

A belief accepted without question by a group

is broader, covering beliefs held even if not accepted without question

How Accepted

dogma
48 7.7
credenda
  • Formal
9.9
doctrine
199 6.0
teaching
572 1.0
opinion
298 1.0

Surface Forms

credenda singular
credendae plural

Etymology

Credenda comes from the Latin verb credere meaning 'to believe' and literally means 'things to be believed.' Like the familiar words creed or credible, it points to beliefs, especially the religious beliefs a group says people should accept.