Author: George Percy Hedley
Publisher:
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: Constantine C. Kliora
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781477699621
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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An intelligent and researched commentary on an ancient Christian Creed is offered to the reader. "The Symbol of the Apostles" is the name of an encapsulated summary of the teachings of the Faith that reaches back to Christianity's earliest days. Each article of the Creed is examined and historical and theological insights are given. Topics with which the author is familiar and which he deems will interest the reader are presented. Appendices are added to describe the origins of other related Creeds. For the scholarly reader , the original language of each Creed is included in the Appendices along with the English translation. 140 "Endnotes" are given to support the references in the book. The book is prefaced by a chapter on "Human Certainty", which the philsophically oriented reader may find interesting. This is a day when the Christian Faith is being trivialized, distorted and profaned by a deviant secular world. It is hoped that this volume will offer a historical and intelligent base of reference and defense for the believer. For the unbeliever, perhaps the neglected hope of an eternal destiny will be revived. People without hope can begin to disregard the hopelessness of secular thought and begin to get an insight into their eternal destiny.

Author: Alexander MacDonald
Publisher: New York : Christian Press Association Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Author: Nicholas Ayo
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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From its probable beginnings as an interrogatory creed for catechumens to its current place in the Sunday liturgy, the Apostoles' Creed has played an integral role in the sacraments of the church. The symbol of faith, as it was called by generations of Christians, was not only a vehicle of orthodox instruction but a profession of faith of profound beauty and meaning to be memorized and pondered for a lifetime. It is this Creed, a lasting achievement of the Christian tradition that Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C., presents to the general reader in The Creed as Symbol. A meditative yet thought-provoking study, this volume presents the Apostles' Creed as more than a basic confession of faith but as a symbol/metaphor of the mystery of God. Ayo holds that the Apostles' Creed is a sacred poem, an ancient psalm, holy and beautiful in its form as well as in its content. Basic literary criticism and linguistics are used to explicate the figurative body of the Creed--its words--as well as the theological meditation of its soul--the mysteries it seeks to teach. And as Ayo balances the study of the medium with the message, he does so with the conviction that the two are inextricably linked together and can never be separated. Ayo divides the Apostoles' Creed into its 12 historically recognized articles, each with its own chapter. In addition to his introduction, Ayo has included a brief history of the Creed's formation, a full summary of the ideas covered, an appendix containing differing versions of the Creed, a bibliography, and complete notes. This work is an ideal companion piece to any student religious text or standing alone, as a parish renewal source book or primary text for catechumens. The Creed as Symbol will enrich anyone's understanding of the Creed, the perennial and core doctrine of Christianity.

Author: Frederick Roth Webber
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Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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Author: Robert Charles Sproul
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Alexander MacDonald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781675770962
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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From the immemorial time, the Meaning of Apostles Creed has gone by the name of the Symbol, or the Symbol of the Apostles. This word is from the Greek σuμβολον, "token" in military language, " watchword," in commercial parlance, "bargain" or "agreement." It is made up of βάλλω and συv whence συμβάλλω, "I throw or put together". The root-meaning of the word is, therefore, a putting together, a putting this and that together, and the thing so put together. Rufinus (A.D. 390 or 400) held that the Apostles themselves gave the Creed this name of Symbol. He tells us that there were "good reasons and sound" why they should so name it. Rufinus has it that the Symbol served as a tessera and watchword from the time of the Apostles, first to enable the faithful to distinguish true from false teachers of the Gospel, and again to enable them to recognize one another. "In fine, as happens in civil war," he writes, "where men wear the same dress, and speak the same language, and fight after the same fashion, each leader gives his soldiers a distinct watchword, in Latin called signum or indicium, so that there may be no room for deceit or treachery. And if anyone is suspected, on being asked to give the watchword, he will show whether he is an enemy or a friend."

Author: Alexander MacDonald
Publisher: New York : Christian Press Association
ISBN: 9780665796562
Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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Author: HardPress
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314469950
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author: Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Publisher:
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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