You may or may not realize it, but many churches do not recite a creed at their weekly worship services. We join other liturgical churches in usually confessing either the Apostles’ or the Nicene Creed. Once a year, on Holy Trinity Sunday, we recite the third of the great three Ecumenical Creeds which is the Athanasian Creed. The length of this creed is why it is confessed sparingly.

I have been writing for the past few weeks about elements that are often missing when we depart from historical, liturgical worship. So far, I have mentioned the reason why there is the reading of Scripture Lessons and the use of Psalms. This week I wish to address the employment of Trinitarian language along with the use of Biblical titles.