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The Purpose Of This Work Is To Provide In One Volume The Major Theological Affirmations Of The Christian Churches. The Selection Has Been Limited To Documents Which Have Some Measure Of Official Status In The Church's History. In Some Cases The Selection Has Been Arbitrary, But An Effort Has Been Made To Include Creeds Which Are As Representative As Possible Of The Christian Community And Which Illustrate The Developing Intellectual Consensus Of The Church. -- Preface. I. The Creeds And Their Role In The Church -- Ii. The Bible -- Iii. Second-century Creedal Developments -- Iv. Rules Of Faith -- V. The Roman Symbol And The Apostles' Creed -- Vi. Eastern Creeds -- Vii. The Creed Of Nicaea (325) -- Viii. The Constantinopolitan Creed (381) -- Ix. The Definition Of Chalcedon (451) -- X. The Council Of Orange -- Xi. The Second Council Of Constantinople (553) -- Xii. The Image Controversy -- Xiii. Fourth Lateran Council (1215) (the Doctrine Of Medieval Catholicism) -- Xiv. Council Of Florence (1438-45) (the Doctrine Of The Seven Sacraments) -- Xv. Lutheran Confessions (1530) Xvi. Reformed Creeds -- Xvii. The English Reformation -- Xviii. Anabaptist Confessions -- Xix. Protestant Scholast

Author

John H. Leith

Publisher

Westminster John Knox Press

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804205153

Subjects

Religion, Christian

Rating

4.5 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14