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John H. Leith

Christian Doctrine from the Bible to the Present

John H. Leith

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AldineTransaction
15 July 2009
Biblical concordances; Christian theology
"Christianity has always been a ""creedal"" religion in that it has always been theological. It was rooted in the theological tradition of ancient Israel, which was unifi ed by its historical credos and declaratory affi rmations of faith. No pre-theological era has been discovered in the New Testament or in the history of the Christian community. From the beginning Christianity has been theological, involving men in theological refl ection and calling them to declarations of faith. A non-theological Christianity has simply never endured, although such has been attempted, for instance, by individual seers in the sixteenth century and also by collaborators with totalitarian ideologies in the twentieth century.

The creeds presented here range from the ancient faith of the Hebrews and the creed-like formulas of the New Testament to the Barmen declaration of 1934 (framed by the Christians in Germany who faced the threat of Nazism) and the Batak Creed of 1951 (in which Indonesian Christians gave authentic expression to their religious belief in the idiom of their own culture. All the creeds are in some sense ""offi cial,"" and every major division of Christendom is represented, including the Younger Churches. The volume ends with the messages of the most important assemblies dealing with the Ecumenical Movement.

This single volume, containing all the major theological affi rmations of the Christian community, is a source book for the study of Christian theology. It comprises a record of the Church's interpretation of the Bible in the past and an authoritative guide to its interpretation on the present. Indeed, it is a guide to an understanding of the Christian interpretation of life."
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Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 30mm
Weight:   839g
ISBN:   9780202362977
ISBN 10:   0202362973
Pages:   604
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
The Creeds and their Role in the Church; The Bible; Second-Century Creedal Developments; Rules of Faith (c. 200); The Roman Symbol and the Apostles’ Creed; Eastern Creeds; The Creed of Nicaea (325); The Constantinopolitan Creed (381); The Definition of Chalcedon (451); The Council of Orange (529); The Second Council of Constantinople (553); The Third Council of Constantinople (681); The Image Controversy; Fourth Lateran Council (1215); Council of Florence (1438-45); Lutheran Confessions; Reformed Creeds; The English Reformation; Anabaptist Confessions; Protestant Scholasticism; Theses Theologicae of Robert Barclay (1675); Baptist Creeds; Methodism; The Cambridge Platform (1648); Creeds of Modern Roman Catholicism; The Confession of Dositheus (1672); The Barmen Declaration (1934); The Relation of the Church to the War in the Light of the Christian Faith (1943); A Creed of the Younger Churches; The Ecumenical Movement

John H. Leith was Pemberton Professor of Theology at Union Theology Seminary. He was a member of numerous societies including The Synod of the Mid-Atlantic, New Hope Presbytery and the American Society of Church History. He is the author of numerous books including The Best of Times and the Worst of Times for Religion, Especially Christian Faith, John Calvin's Doctrine of the Christian Life, and An Introduction to the Reformed Tradition.

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