sources of authority

• God's omnipotence

  In the beginning , God creared the heavens and the earth - Genesis 1:1
• God's omnibenevolence

  "But , you , Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness" - Psalm 86:15
• God's omnibenevolence

  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son , that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16
• God's omniscience

  "even the hairs of your head are all counted" - Matthew 10:29-30
• God's just nature

  And the egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it - Exodus 7:5
• a creed is a formal statement of christian belief
• the christian philosopher Augustine wrote that sacraments are a "visible sign of invisible grace"