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summaries of dogma, intended by priests to define their faith, and to distinguish orthodoxy from heresy. From the ancient pagan mysteries Christians adopted the term “symbol,” applying it to the confe ion of faith by the neophyte. The Orphik, and Eleusinian rites had equally their “symbol” of initiation, Creeds were not meant to unite but to distinguish sects. They became the rallying cries of controversies. ‘The Creed of Nicea excluded the Arians, and that of Pope Pius IV excludes all Protestants. All creeds alike are supposed to be founded (among Christians) on the Bible, and on the inspired teaching of the Church. The Apostles’ Creed, founded on that used at the first council of Nicea (325 4.c,), was not known in its present form till 750 A.c. (see Dr Hatch’s Bampton Lectures; Schatf's Religious Encyclop.; and Dr Harnack in Nineteenth Century Review, July 18938). The medieval legend however a erted that the 12 apostles established this creed at Pentecost. 523