SUGGESTION: Collection on confessions and creeds

MJ. Smith
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edited December 2024 in English Forum
  • Presbyterian Creeds: A Guide to the Book of Confessions by Jack Rogers
  • "I Believe": Exploring the Apostles' Creed by Alister McGrath
  • The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters by Luke Timothy Johnson
  • The Book of Confessions by Presbyterian Church General Assembly
  • The Apostles' Creed for Today by Justo L. González
  • Credo by Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • God, Father and Creator, Vol. 1 (A Catechesis on the Creed) by Pope John Paul II and Joseph H. Casey
  • The Spirit, Giver of Life and Love (A Catechesis on the Creed) by Pope John Paul II and George T. Montague
  • Jesus, Son and Savior, Vol. 2 (A Catechesis on the Creed) by Pope John Paul II , Rev. Paul E. Riitt
  • The Church: Mystery, Sacrament, Community, Vol. 4 (Catechesis on the Creed by Pope John Paul II, Francis A. Sullivan

I count on others to add suggestions broadening the offerings.

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    MJ. Smith said:

    • God, Father and Creator, Vol. 1 (A Catechesis on the Creed) by Pope John Paul II and Joseph H. Casey
    • The Spirit, Giver of Life and Love (A Catechesis on the Creed) by Pope John Paul II and George T. Montague

    Any reason you're leaving out Jesus?

    These remind me of the similar volumes for the Jubilee Year.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Rosie Perera
    Rosie Perera Member Posts: 26,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    MJ. Smith said:

    I count on others to add suggestions broadening the offerings.

    From my print-based library:

    • Creed or Chaos? by Dorothy Sayers
    • I Believe: The Christian's Creed, by Helmut Thielicke
    • I Believe: The Nicene Creed, illustrated by Pauline Baynes
    • Reading the Bible & the Confessions, by Jack Rogers
  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,539
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/595538#Comment_595538

    fgh said:

    Any reason you're leaving out Jesus?

    Nope

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Ken McGuire
    Ken McGuire Member Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭

    We Confess series by Hermann Sasse

    The Apostles' Creed in the Light of Today's Questions by Wolfhart Pannenberg

    Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostle's Creed ed. by Roger Van Harn

    Nicene Christianity ed. by Christopher Seitz

    Heresies and How to Avoid Them ed by Quash & Ward

    The Cruelty of Heresy by C. Fitzsimons Allison

    Lutheran Catechisms:

    ELCA - Lutheran Handbook (Skrade) and Free to Be (Forde/Nestigan)

    LCMS - Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation (there was a Logos edition back in Logos 2 days)

    Teaching Luther's Catechism by Herbert Girgensohn

    Commentary on Luther's Catechisms by Albrecht Peters

    The Gospel is not ... a "new law," on the contrary, ... a "new life." - William Julius Mann

    L8 Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox Silver, Reformed Starter, Academic Essentials

    L7 Lutheran Gold, Anglican Bronze

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