Define Christianity

[Jenny A]

I reject your definition as being overly exclusive from an outsider's prospective.  I have to deal with those who consider themselves Christian and they don't all fit your definition.  And if somehow, Jesus were the man portrayed in the Gospels, I think he'd disagree with you.  I doubt that belief in three days or the holy spirit would matter much to him.

Yes I know that catholic means universial, but the creed is determined to limit faith to a much smaller group than the "universal."  I use to enjoy telling the uneducated that my reading tastes were catholic, which they are.  But they aren't Roman Catholic.

Jesus stated the only unforgiverable sin would be the denial of the Holy Spirit.

It only limits the heretical groups of which none exist from that time; there are a couple new ones like JW and the Mormons.

Much of the Apostle's Creed is setting a precedent for the divinity of Christ....there were heretical sects that either denied the divinity or humanity of Jesus (stating either He was just a man or was never a man to begin with aka a God on earth; those that denied the crucifixion). Much of that is also backing up the historicty of the Biblical events.

I think you are reading too much John.  I don't think the historical Jesus thought that he himself was divine let alone in a holy spirit of himself.  And yes there were many groups now considered heretical.  That's because the message was less than clear.