The Making Of The Creeds (Scm Classics) - Brossura

Frances M. Young

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0334028760 ISBN 13: 9780334028765

Casa editrice: New Publisher, 2021

Riassunto

Frances Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She describes how creeds originated in instruction before baptism and have their roots in the New Testament itself. She then shows how the rise of Gnosticism and a tendency towards fragmentation in the church made a clear statement of faith necessary; outlines the various controversies that led to particular words and phrases being included in the creeds as we now have them; and describes the construction of the great Christian doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation. This is a book that enables the creeds to come alive again, in the challenging and demanding contexts of contemporary life, and provides a reliable guide to the core of Christian confession and affirmation.

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L'autore:

Frances Young is Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham.

Product Description:

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She describes how creeds originated in instruction before baptism and have their roots in the New Testament itself. She then shows how the rise of Gnosticism and a tendancy towards fragmentation in the church made a clear statement of faith necessary, as well as outlining the various controversies which led to particular words and phrases being included in the creeds as we now have them. She then describes the construction of the great Christian doctrines of the Trinity and incarnation.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: New Publisher
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0334028760
• ISBN 13: 9780334028765
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 130