What term is used for a profession of faith or statement of belief?

• A. Creed
• B. Dogma
• C. Catechism
• D. Doctrine

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that a profession of faith or statement of belief is called a creed. Creed comes from the Latin credo, meaning “I believe,” and it names a concise, formal declaration of the things a faith community holds as true, often recited in worship or used in teaching—like the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed. The other terms point to different things: dogma refers to authoritative beliefs regarded as divinely revealed and binding, rather than the short confession itself; catechism is a instructional text or program used to teach the faith; and doctrine refers to the broader body of teachings or principles of a religion. So the name that best fits a profession of faith is creed.