The Apostles' Creed: Its Relation to Primitive Christianity

by H. B. Swete

• ISBN13: 9780521170710
• ISBN10: 0521170710
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

First published in 1899, this revised version of an 1894 original was based upon a short course of lectures given by the author in the Divinity School at Cambridge during the Lent Term of that year. It provides a concise discussion of the controversy existing at the time in relation to the Apostles' Creed, a controversy which had been given further impetus through the sceptical position held by prominent German theologian Adolf von Harnack. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in theology and the religious debates of the late nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Attitude of the English reformers towards the Apostles' Creed

Primitive Christian conceptions of divine fatherhood and omnipotence

The Holy Ghost of the Creed a person - growth of the doctrine of the spirit in the teaching of Tertullian and Origen

The miraculous conception maintained by Justin in controversy with Pagans and Jews

Early legends connected with the Descent

The Ascension: silence of the Synoptists and of St Paul

'Holy church' primitive

Origin of the phrase 'communion of saints'

'Resurrection of the Flesh' not in scripture

Appendix

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