Invitation to the NC (Whitehead) n. 31

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31. And also in the Athanasian Creed:

He ascended into the heavens; He sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. . . . And they shall give account for their own deeds. And they that have done good shall enter into eternal life; and they that have done evil into eternal fire. (Formula Concordiae [Leipsic, 1756], pp. 1, 2, 4.)

Besides, the articles of Schmalkalden teach the same thing as the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian creeds, namely:

Jesus Christ ascended into the heavens, He sitteth on the right hand of God, He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

Luther in his Lesser Catechism (p. 371) teaches the same thing (Augsburg Confession, pp. 10, 14); and our Catechism [the one used in Sweden] teaches the same (p. 303). From the Augsburg Confession we quote in like manner:

He ascended into the heavens, that He might sit on the right hand of the Father, and reign forever, and rule over all creatures. The same Christ will openly come again to judge the living and the dead, according to the Apostles' Creed (Augsburg Confession, p. 10).


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