| We Believe in One God: Volume 1 Contributor(s): Bray, Gerald L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0830825312 ISBN-13: 9780830825318 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $54.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2009 Annotation: This volume offers partristic commentary on the first article of the Nicene Creed. Readers will gain insight into the history and substance of what the early church believed about God the Father. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic |
| Dewey: 231.1 |
| LCCN: 2009000459 |
| Series: Ancient Christian Doctrine |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.1" W x 10" (1.35 lbs) 201 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first article of the Nicene Creed also presupposes that there is an objective body of teaching that Christians are expected to confess as their faith. This idea seems normal and natural to us, but it was a novelty in the ancient world. Neither Judaism nor any pagan religion or philosophy could claim to have a closely defined set of beliefs that everyone adhering to it was expected to profess publicly and defend against all comers. While this article on God the Father is the shortest and arguably oldest portion of the Creed, it fully sets forth the fundamental understanding of God as creator and originator of all that is. This commentary in its selection of texts from the early church highlights the common understanding of the One God in three Persons, elucidating the church's understanding of divine attributes and trinitarian relations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bray, Gerald L.: - Volume EditorGerald L. Bray (Ph.D., University of Paris--Sorbonne) is director of research for the Latimer Trust, based in London, and a research professor at Samford University, teaching in the Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author of The Doctrine of God, Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present and Creeds, Councils and Christ. He is the editor for Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volumes on Romans, 1-2 Corinthians and James--Jude. A priest of the Church of England, Bray has also edited the post-Reformation Anglican canons and serves as a coeditor of Ancient Christian Texts. General EditorThomas C. Oden, formerly the Henry Anson Buttz Professor of Theology at The Theological School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, is the general editor of the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. The author of numerous books, including a highly regarded three-volume systematic theology, he also serves as a general editor for Ancient Christian Texts and as director of the Center for Early African Christianity. |