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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... Church's Conversation with the Confessions Joseph D. Small vii ix 2. A Conversation with the Ecumenical Creeds 17 Leanne Van Dyk 3. A Conversation with the Reformation Confessions 33 John L. Thompson 4. A Conversation with the Westminster ...
... Catechism , while the Swiss found guidance in the Second Helvetic Confession . The Presbyterian Church ( U.S.A. ) is unique in that we do not have a single confession of faith , but rather a collection of confessions . Each one was ...
... confessions in two ways . First , conversations are held with confessions from different peri- ods of the church's life : early church creeds , Reformation confessions , the Westminster Standards , and twentieth - century confessions ...
... Confession in Switzerland ( 1566 ) . These Reformation confessions were followed in the next century by the Westminster Confession of Faith and its two catechisms in England ( 1647 ) . These strong and vigorous documents must be seen ...
... helpful volume offers . NOTE 1. Quoted in Arthur C. Cochrane , The Church's Confession under Hitler ( Philadel- phia : Westminster Press , 1962 ) , 40 . 1 The Church's Conversation with the Confessions Joseph D. Small xiv Preface.
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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 |