Confessing the One Faith

by World Council of Churches; Tanner, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781606086391
• ISBN10: 1606086391
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-05
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Visible unity means that churches recognize in one another a witness To The fullness of the apostolic faith which they profess. Will Christians be able one day to declare together before the world, In common confession and praise, their faith in who God is and what God has done? This text-growing out of many years of study and consultation, involving theologians from various Christian traditions and from all parts of the world-is a unique instrument for drawing the churches toward such a common confession. As a contemporary explication of the creed that emerged from the ecumenical councils of Nicea (325) and Constantinople (381) and is used in both Eastern and Western Christian liturgies, Confessing the One Faith relates the subject matter of those ancient affirmations To The challenges of today's world-in which the language and philosophy of the fourth century sound alien to many, And The basic affirmations of the Christian faith are widely questioned. This new edition includes an introduction written by Dame Mary Tanner, a president of the World Council of Churches.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	p. vii
Preface to the 1999 Edition	p. xi
Introduction
The Goal of Visible Unity	p. xix
Towards the Common Expression of the Apostolic Faith Today: the Project	p. xix
The Method of the Study Project	p. xxi
An Instrument of Recognition: Confessing the One Faith	p. xxvi
Appendices	p. xxviii
The Texts of the Creeds
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed	p. xxix
The Apostles' Creed	p. xxxi
Explication	p. xxxiii
We Believe in One God
The One God	p. 1
The Father Almighty	p. 12
The Creator and his Creation	p. 20
We Believe in One Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ-Incarnate for Our Salvation	p. 29
Jesus Christ-Suffering and Crucified for Our Sake	p. 41
Jesus Christ-Risen to Overcome all Evil Powers	p. 52
We Believe in the Holy Spirit, the Church, and the Life of the World to Come
The Holy Spirit	p. 61
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church	p. 69
One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins	p. 79
The Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to Come	p. 85
Historical Background of the Apostolic Faith Today-Gennadios Limouris	p. 93
Glossary-Gennadios Limouris	p. 101
Bibliography-Gennadios Limouris	p. 113
Participants in Consultations on the Apostolic Faith Study	p. 120
For Further Reading	p. 138
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