Creeds of the Churches A Reader in Christian Doctrine from the to the Present Edited by John Leith

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Creeds and Their Role in the Church The Bible Second-Century Creedal Developments • Ignatius of Antioch (c. 107) • Epistula Apostolorum (c. 150) • The Witness of Justin Martyr (c. 165) • Profession of the Presbyters of Smyrna (c. 180) • Dê Balyzeh Papyrus (c. 200 or later) Rules of Faith • Irenaeus (c. 190) • Tertullian (c. 200) The Roman Symbol and the Apostles’ Creed • Interrogatory Creed of Hippolytus (c. 215) • Creed of Marcellus (c. 340) • Creed of Rufinus (Aquileia) (c.404) • Textus Receptus (c. 700) • An African Varient Eastern Creeds • Oriental Creed (Lietzmann) • Creed of Caesarea (Eusebius) The Creed of Nicaea (325) The Constantinopolitan Creed (381) The Definition of Chalcedon (451) The Council of Orange (529) The Second Council of Constantinople (553) The Third Council of Constantinople (681) The Image Controversy • The Synod of Constantinople (754) • Council of Nicaea (787) Fourth Lateran Council (1215) (The Doctrine of Medieval Catholicism) Council of Florence (1438-45) (The Doctrine of the Seven Sacraments) Lutheran Confessions • The Augsburg Confessions (1530) • The Small Catechism (1529) Reformed Creeds • The Ten Conclusions of Berne • The Second Helvetic Confession (1566) • The Westminster Confession The English Reformation • The Edwardian Homilies (1547) • A Fruitful Exhortation to the Reading and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures • The Salvation of Mankind • The True, Lively, and Christian Faith • Of Good Works Annexed Unto Faith • The Thirty-Nine Articles Anabaptist Confessions • The Schleitheim Confession (1527) • The Dordrecht Confession (1632) Protestant Scholasticism: The Helvetic Consensus Formula (1675) Theses Theologicae of Robert Barclay (1675) Baptist Creeds • The New Hampshire Confession (1833) • Abstract of Principles (1859) • Faith and Message, Southern Baptist Convention (1925) Methodism • The Articles of Religion (1784) • The Scripture Way of Salvation (1765) • Minutes of Some Late Conversations (1744) The (1648) Creeds of the Modern Roman Catholicism • Decrees of the Council of Trent (1563) • The Creed of the Council of Trent (1564) • The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854) • The Vatican Council – First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ (1870) • The Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary • Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (1964) The Confession of Dositheus (1672) The (1934) The Relation of the Church to the War in the Light of the Christian Faith (1943) A Creed of the Younger Churches: the Creed of the Batak Church (1951) The Ecumenical Movement • The Call to Unity, Lausanne (1927) • The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Edinburgh (1937) • Affirmation of Union. Edinburgh (1937) • Message of the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1948) • The Unity We have and the Unity We Seek Lund (1952) • A Message from the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1954) • The Unity of the Church. St. Andrews (1960) • The Church’s Unity, World Council of Churches. New Delhi (1961) • The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church. Uppsala (1968) • What Unity Requires. Nairobi (1975) • Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry. Lima (1982) The Mission of the Church • Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church. Vatican Council II (1965) • Renewal in Mission. Uppsala (1968) • The Frankfurt Declaration (1970) • A Call to Confess and Proclaim. Nairobi (1975) Recent Statements of the Faith • Statement of Faith, United Church of Christ (1959) • The Addendum • The Athanasian Creed (c. 500 • The London Confession 1644 • Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (1965)