Tweet Creed Meme

Image: The Fail Whale. Jesus Fish for the 21st century?

Recently I asked readers to consider what a Christian creed would look like if we were writing it in the context of the globalized pluralistic Church of the 21st century.

Creeds normally arise out of doubt or as a defense against heresy. In other words, they tend to be reactive rather than proactive. The most common creed in use today is some form of the Nicene creed.

As the conversation developed we began to consider what is the minimal confession possible that all Christians of various sects can agree on.

Peter Kirk suggested Paul’s κύριον Ἰησοῦν from Romans 10:9. It is a two word confession, or three in English: “Jesus is Lord.”

The writer of 1 John has another confession that he insisted upon:

Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God (1 John 4:2)

I cheated a bit and suggested this one word confession: ΙΧΘΥΣ. This word is Greek for “fish” and the letters stand for Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ. In English that would be Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior.

This is of course the origin of the famous “Jesus Fish”

The fish symbol has fallen on hard times lately mostly through crass merchandising but also through attacks by Darwinists that have rather clouded what was once a concise statement of Christian belief.

This now brings me to the meme. Can you write a meme in less than 140 characters, the equivalent of a Twitter “tweet,” that results in a statement that every Christian could confess?

If someone sincerely confessed this creed you would:

1. Consider them to be a brother or sister in Christ.
2. Believe that they are true believers and inheritors of eternal life.

Any language is acceptable including SMS and Leet Speke. Iconography is acceptable as is a rewriting of the traditional creed. See comments on the original post for some ideas: Christian Credo for the 21st Century: I believe in…

Wikipedia articles: Nicene Creed and English versions of the Nicene Creed in current use.

The rules of the Tweet Creed Meme are:

1. Link to this post.

2. Publish your own Tweet Creed of 140 characters of less.

3. Tag five other people.

The people I have tagged are Eddie Arthur, Henry Neufeld, David Keen, Jane Stranz and Jeff, the Scripture Zealot.