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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... documents must be seen against the back- ground of the medieval Roman Catholic Church , for the Reformers stated what they believed in distinction from much Roman Catholic teaching and practice at that time . The watchwords of the ...
... document that was approved overwhelmingly and is used widely throughout the church . Our confessions give voice to common affirmations that define the shared faith of the church catholic and that I believe are shared by the vast ...
... documents in The Book of Confessions , let alone speak about their settings , emphases , or relation- ships to our time and place . We know too well that there is a slip between the formal place of confessions in our ecclesiology and ...
... theological attention to the documents contained in The Book of Confessions . The church continues to confess its faith in statements that are not included among its confessional standards The Church's Conversation with the Confessions 9.
... documents comprise the church's con- fessional standards ? The Presbyterian Church ( U.S.A. ) has identified these creeds , confessions , and catechisms as statements that declare to the church and to the world " who and what it is ...
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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 |