Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine, from the Bible to the Present

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John H. Leith
Westminster John Knox Press, 1 jan 1982 - 736 pagina's

Creeds of the Churches offers, in one comprehensive volume, the major Christian statements of faith from biblical times to the present. The third edition has been updated to include the Athanasian Creed, the London Confession, the Frankfurt Declaration, and the Lima Text, among others. A brief introduction to each creed explains its place in the developing theology of the Christian community.

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The Bible
12
Rules of Faith c 200
20
Eastern Creeds
26
The Definition of Chalcedon 451
34
The Second Council of Constantinople 553
45
The Image of Controversy 35555555
54
Council of Florence 143845 The Doctrine
60
Lutheran Confessions
61
Methodism
353
The Cambridge Platform 1648
385
Creeds of the Modern Roman Catholicism
399
Vatican Council II Dogmatic Constitution on
459
The Confession of Dositheus 1672
485
The Barmen Declaration 1934
517
the Creed of
555
The Ecumenical Movement
566

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70
Reformed Creeds
127
The English Reformation
230
Anabaptist Confessions
281
The Helvetic Consensus
308
Theses Theologicae of Robert Barclay 1675
323
Baptist Creeds
334
The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church
590
Baptism Eucharist and Ministry Lima 1982
604
The Mission of the Church
658
Recent Statements of the Faith
696
Addendum
704
Copyright

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John H. Leith was Professor Emeritus of Theology at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education until his death in 2002. He is the author of a number of books, including Basic Christian Doctrine, An Introduction to the Reformed Tradtion, From Generation to Generation, and Crisis in the Church.

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TitelCreeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine, from the Bible to the Present
RedacteurJohn H. Leith
Editiegeïllustreerd
UitgeverWestminster John Knox Press, 1982
ISBN0804205264, 9780804205269
Lengte736 pagina's
  
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