Earlier forms of the creed seem to have read: "Born of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary".
We are a multitude of peoples, and of every kind of opinion, and, as citizens, all equal, and the moment any form or creed of religion is preferred by the government, that moment a difference is made, a preference is shown, which is directly contrary to our fundamental laws.
When I returned to Iran from the UK 22 years ago, one of my cousins joked that the only form of resistance to the creed of the new republic has been the persistence of Iranian women to play with the rules of hijab, something that has now created a national style of fashion being applauded as a revolution by the western onlookers, and emulated in neighbouring Muslim countries as cutting edge.
It is significant that the dogmatic affirmations of Nicaea and Constantinople took the form of precisions to extant creeds.
Most of Creed's work takes the form of a set of instructions for other people to follow – it rarely involves the hand of the artist himself.
These anti-Western views aid Osama bin Laden or other extremists in finding recruits, some Saudis believe, because they can mold the imperfectly formed religious creed of young, easily influenced men, convincing them that their faith condones violence against non-Muslims.
And so a fundamental part of our strategy for our security has to be America's support for those universal rights that formed the creed of our founding.
No Roman Pope established the Apostles' Creed or the form of the Eucharistic celebration.
Major (and very welcome) surprises this year could come in the form of Michael B Jordan for best actor in Creed, and Charlotte Rampling for best actress in 45 Years.
But dharma is not limited to a particular creed or specific form of worship.
