Historic Creeds and Confessions
Creeds and Confessions
The history of the Church is filled with times of great theological debate. From the beginning, the Church has had to come together in light of theological controversy and form a body of teaching that would be universally accepted and practiced amongst all who confess Christ as Lord. This collection of Historic Creeds and Confessions contain the outworkings of godly men who came together and drafted what they considered to be the heart of Biblical truth.
The documents contained in the Historic Creeds and Confessions are foundational to basic Christian doctrine and are, for the most part, claimed across denominational boundaries. These classic documents are not simply of historical value, but they are immensely valuable for believers today to read, consider, and understand. They deal in real terms with what it means to live as a Christian. They struggle to quantify complex and confusing ideas in clear, undeniable terminology.
Contents
- Historic Creeds
- The Apostles' Creed
- The Nicene Creed
- The Symbol of Chalcedon
- The Athanasian Creed
- Historic Confessions and Statements of Faith
- The Belgic Confession
- The Heidelberg Catechism
- The Canons of Dordt
Top Highlights
“abundantly sufficient to expiate the sins of the whole world” (source)
“catholic faith, which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved” (source)
“born of the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, according to the Manhood” (source)
“Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood” (source)
“And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting fire” (source)
Product Details
- Title: Historic Creeds and Confessions
- Editor: Rick Brannan
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2001
About Rick Brannan
Rick Brannan is Information Architect for Logos Bible Software. In his role at Logos, he is responsible for linguistic databases of the Greek New Testament, the Septuagint, and other Greek writings of the Hellenistic era. He is also Product Manager for the Lexham English Bible and the Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Rick has edited multiple works including The New International Version English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the New Testament, The Lexham English Bible English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the New Testament, and An English-Greek Reverse Interlinear of the Apostolic Fathers. He also translated the Greek portions of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers for The Apostolic Fathers Greek-English Interlinear. He resides in Bellingham with his wife, Amy, and their daughter, Ella.
Reviews
28 ratings
Rob Golding
11/2/2021
This is good but I personally dislike the old English translation ("Thee" / "Thou" etc.). I am surprised Logos does not offer a modern translation of the three forms of unity (Canons, Heidelberg, Belgic). I would buy it if they had it!Millie Martinez
8/7/2017
Maryellen J Lewis
12/8/2016
Joel Landon Watts
8/4/2016
This is concise listing of the historic creeds and confessions (particularly Reformed) of the Christian faith. No frills, only thrills.J.R. Woods
7/22/2016
Creeds and confessions are the lost art of historic Christianity that will make its come-back soon enough. This volume is a great resource seeing to that end.
Prophet_kevin
4/1/2016
Aláuli Oliveira
9/11/2015
Patrick Novak
8/26/2015
David Small
5/12/2015
Any resource which purports to be about the historic creeds and confessions but leaves out the Augustana and Luther's Small Catechism is terribly lacking in reach and in context.
