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Still relatively unknown, Carolingian preaching distinguishes itself within the medieval context by its incorporation into royal ideology, an example of which is the royal admonitio. The present article examines a group of sources – the explanation of the Apostles’ symbolum and the Quicumque credo – by considering them as instruments of preaching, more specifically as doctrinal instruction intended for priests who, on their end, transmitted doctrinal fundamentals to all the faithful. Episcopal capitularies perceived these two credos as rules of orthodox faith, to be memorized but also understood by all believers. Thus the Carolingian praedicare reveals itself primarily as a docere. The aim to teach faith, devised by the king and the Carolingian ecclesiastical elite, was indeed fulfilled, as testify numerous collections that were compiled to assist clerics in the exercise of their sacerdotal responsibilities and contained several credos along with their commentaries. This article examines their underlying doctrine, as well as analyzes the collected explanations of the credos (man. Orléans, BM 804) in one of these manuals and suggests assigning its original authorship to Theodulf of Orleans.