Christians believe that the Bible is the written revelation of God; therefore, the Bible contains the fullness of our beliefs. Since its earliest times, however, the Chruch had a practical need to summarise the core Christian beliefs. In AD 325, the universal (catholic) Church adopted The Nicene Creed as one of the official summaries of the faith. Today, along with the majority of Christians around the world, the Anglican Church professes these same core catholic beliefs as summarised in the ancient Nicene Creed:

"We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.