Conversations with the Confessions: Dialogue in the Reformed TraditionJoseph D. Small Westminster John Knox Press, 1. 1. 2005 - 248 strán (strany) Fourteen Presbyterian scholars enter into conversations with the confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and examine the major theological themes that make the confessions such foundational commitments of faith. This collection of insightful essays provides readers with a clear understanding of the confessions from different periods of the church's life. These conversations with the confessions found in the PC(USA)'s Book of Confessions include some illuminating commentary on why they were written and demonstrate how they can be used to address major theological issues. This important work will help scholars, pastors, and church leaders interested in studying the Reformed tradition appreciate the role of the confessions in shaping Christian life and faith today. |
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... Calvin College Sheldon W. Sorge , Associate for Theology , Office of Theology and Worship , Presbyterian Church ( U.S.A. ) ; Adjunct Professor , University of Dubuque Theological Seminary John L. Thompson , Professor of Historical ...
... Calvin to Barth to Jurgen Moltmann and Ellen Charry . Yet the confessions have an authority that individuals do not , precisely because they are the voice of the church , the articulated convictions of the community of faith in various ...
... Calvin called adiaphora : acceptable convictions and practices that are changeable , not essential , elements of Christian identity . It is the theological task of the community of faith to distinguish between the catholic and the ...
... Calvin brought to Geneva was worship services in the French language , the language of most of the people in the city . Calvin required that church members memorize the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles ' Creed as a basic minimum of ...
... Calvin , vol . 1 , 1542-1544 ( Grand Rapids : Eerdmans , 1996 ) , 26 . 6. I learned this polemical function of the affirmations of the creed from John D. Witvliet , who develops a similar approach to the use of doxology and praise in ...
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A Conversation with the Westminster Standards | 51 |
A Conversation with TwentiethCentury Confessions | 69 |
Who Is God? | 93 |
Who Are We? | 111 |
What Does God Have to Do with Us? | 121 |
What Do We Have to Do with Each Other? | 135 |
Why the Church? | 151 |
Why the Bible? | 171 |
How Shall We Worship? | 187 |
How Shall We Live? | 207 |
Essential Tenets? | 223 |