This study guide, which follows the Cover to Cover Study Guide format, explores the Apostles’ Creed. The origins of the Creed are found in Jesus’ departing words to His disciples in Matthew 28: ‘Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ (v.19). Why is it important to remind ourselves of what we believe by studying the Creed? Because what we believe shapes how we live, and the Apostles’ Creed doesn’t waste time with the less important matters, but focuses only on things that are essential — the areas of Christian belief that we are to grip firmly and immovably