The Creeds that are rejected and called "abominable", were meant to establish a baseline and a common standard for inclusion within the community of saints. Catholocism was the 'universal church' the 'in general' of what was accepted and considered orthodox by a universal council. Unity of christian teachings was the main puropse of all the councils and creeds - anything contrary to the established and accepted 'truth' was considered heresy. . This is the same thing that we see in the LDS Church apart from a claim that authority was 'restored' rather than continued. This claim of restored authority is also applied to the teachings that come from those authorised - the teachings can be referred to as 'restored eternal principles' according to the LDS theology. . One church claims continued authority and the other claims a loss of authority and subsequent restoration of that authority. But both claim authority in one way or another. The creeds of the 'universal church' could be seen as revelations just like the Doctrine and Covenants are seen as revelations and were responses to questions of doctrine, practice, etc. The only difference is that one is the voice of men and written by men and the other is claimed to be the voice of the Lord recorded by men. . The creeds were trying to establih an order - one must remember that christianity was very different to the Jewish faith and that there were many questions about Jewish practice within christianity. Christianity said that the Law of Moses had been fulfilled and that the 'new covenant' had been established. . It is of the opinion of some that this 'new covenant' was in fact the covenant that was originally established and due to unrighteousness the Law of Moses was set in place in prepration for Christ and in preparation for the higher law. Thus the fulfilment of the Law of Moses was restorative in bringing about the original law. Jesus was himself a 'Restorationist' in may ways and many scholars have studied early christian thought and teachings on this subject. . A parallel to the lesser and higher laws of the House of Isreal is the 'Law of Concecration' and the 'Law of Tithing' - again the 'saints' were unable to keep the 'higher' law and so kept the 'lesser' law. If the Law of Concecration was part of the higher law, why then did Jesus not establish this law during his restoarative ministry? . There is little difference between the 'ancient creeds' of universal christianity and the 'revelation creeds' of the LDS Church. Both have the same purpose - to establish 'correct' teachings and to create a 'unity of the faith' as well as to condone heretical teachings. Issuing a 'commandment' or 'revelation' is the same principle used in the 'creeds'.