Author: Andrew Ewbank Burn
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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An Introduction to the Creeds and to the Te Deum
Author: Andrew Ewbank Burn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An Introduction to the Creeds and to the Te Deum
Author: Andrew Ewbank Burn
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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An Introduction to the Creeds
Author: George Frederick Maclear
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Category : Creeds
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Category : Creeds
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Introduction to the Creeds
Author: Burn A. E.
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ISBN: 9780243749041
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Languages : en
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ISBN: 9780243749041
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Languages : en
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An Introduction to the Creeds and to the Te Deum
Author: A. Burn
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Languages : en
Pages : 339
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This is a history of the Catholic Creeds, from Apostolic times to the centuries of the Church Fathers. In the words of the author: "As professed scholars of the Eternal Word, incarnate, risen, ascended, it will not be less our duty to present evidence plainly and honestly, nor will it be less obvious if that duty is shirked. While we are collecting our facts, the more scientific method is, doubtless, to proceed from the known to the unknown. But when we come to explain them a theory is necessary, and with any theory an element of uncertainty is introduced. Why then should we not, in presenting our theory, retrace our steps, from the obscure to the obvious, from the days when the currents of Christian life and thought lay unseen beneath the surface of social life, to the days when the persecuted Church of the Catacombs, preserved through that mighty upheaval of ideas which has made our religion dominant in the world's history, found kings to be her nursing fathers and their queens her nursing mothers? I will therefore venture to begin from the beginning, passing from the evidence of the New Testament down to the final and polished forms of our Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, hoping by resolved restraint of language and imagination to commend my theory of their growth. To borrow an illustration from photography. In a clear light the exposure of a plate need only last a moment. In a dull light exposure must be prolonged, and we must be content with less definite outlines. Yet with patience we may hope to reproduce both distance and foreground. By patience we may hope to obtain in our study of " the faith" in apostolic times what above all we need, a sense of perspective, a standard of the relatively great and little thoughts which stirred in the minds of the first Christians. What was the secret of their persistency? What enabled an apostle to write: 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith'?"
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Languages : en
Pages : 339
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This is a history of the Catholic Creeds, from Apostolic times to the centuries of the Church Fathers. In the words of the author: "As professed scholars of the Eternal Word, incarnate, risen, ascended, it will not be less our duty to present evidence plainly and honestly, nor will it be less obvious if that duty is shirked. While we are collecting our facts, the more scientific method is, doubtless, to proceed from the known to the unknown. But when we come to explain them a theory is necessary, and with any theory an element of uncertainty is introduced. Why then should we not, in presenting our theory, retrace our steps, from the obscure to the obvious, from the days when the currents of Christian life and thought lay unseen beneath the surface of social life, to the days when the persecuted Church of the Catacombs, preserved through that mighty upheaval of ideas which has made our religion dominant in the world's history, found kings to be her nursing fathers and their queens her nursing mothers? I will therefore venture to begin from the beginning, passing from the evidence of the New Testament down to the final and polished forms of our Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, hoping by resolved restraint of language and imagination to commend my theory of their growth. To borrow an illustration from photography. In a clear light the exposure of a plate need only last a moment. In a dull light exposure must be prolonged, and we must be content with less definite outlines. Yet with patience we may hope to reproduce both distance and foreground. By patience we may hope to obtain in our study of " the faith" in apostolic times what above all we need, a sense of perspective, a standard of the relatively great and little thoughts which stirred in the minds of the first Christians. What was the secret of their persistency? What enabled an apostle to write: 'This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith'?"
The Three Creeds
Author: Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Category : Apostles' Creed
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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The Virtuous Pagan in Middle English Literature
Author: Cindy L. Vitto
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871697950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
For pious Christians of every age, the question of ultimate concern has been salvation: What is necessary to ensure the soul's eternal bliss? During the Middle Ages, within the Church itself, the guidelines were clear: baptism, reception of the sacraments, an attempt to put into practice the teachings of Christ. But a theological debate arose on the possibility of salvation for those outside the Church, who fell into two basic categories: those who had been offered the Christian faith but had refused it, & those who, for reasons of chronology or geography, lacked the opportunity to join the Church but lived as virtuously as possible. Two categories of these "virtuous pagans" who received special attention were the classical poets & philosophers of Greece & Rome, & the Old Testament patriarchs. From the standpoint of human reason, it seemed especially unfortunate that these two groups should be damned eternally. This study discusses the theological background of this issue; the Virtuous Pagan in legend & in Dante; St. Erkenwald's Harrowing of Hell; & "Piers Plowman": Issues in Salvation & the Harrowing as Thematic Climax.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871697950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
For pious Christians of every age, the question of ultimate concern has been salvation: What is necessary to ensure the soul's eternal bliss? During the Middle Ages, within the Church itself, the guidelines were clear: baptism, reception of the sacraments, an attempt to put into practice the teachings of Christ. But a theological debate arose on the possibility of salvation for those outside the Church, who fell into two basic categories: those who had been offered the Christian faith but had refused it, & those who, for reasons of chronology or geography, lacked the opportunity to join the Church but lived as virtuously as possible. Two categories of these "virtuous pagans" who received special attention were the classical poets & philosophers of Greece & Rome, & the Old Testament patriarchs. From the standpoint of human reason, it seemed especially unfortunate that these two groups should be damned eternally. This study discusses the theological background of this issue; the Virtuous Pagan in legend & in Dante; St. Erkenwald's Harrowing of Hell; & "Piers Plowman": Issues in Salvation & the Harrowing as Thematic Climax.
The Church Quarterly Review
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422374283
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9781422374283
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Church Quarterly Review
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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