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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... received 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 ...
... receive and adopt the essential tenets they express , and we are to be instructed , led , and guided by them . Presbyterian ministers of the Word and sacrament , elders , and deacons have even taken vows to do all these things . Yet ...
... received the approbation of generations as well as the ecclesial recognition and approval of our own church . We are accountable to this tradition . Our first task is to be questioned by the confessions , not as an exercise in servitude ...
... receiving the witness of Scripture . Thus , the Book of Order is clear that while confessions are subordinate standards , " they are , nonetheless , stan- dards . They are not lightly drawn up or subscribed to , nor may they be ignored ...
... received an educa- tion . Neither had they ever learned , in their spoken language , the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles ' Creed . One of the reforms that Calvin brought to Geneva was worship services in the French language , the ...
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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 |