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creedsearly

creedsearly Below is a compilation of the earliest formal creeds upon which are based nearly all subsequent confessions and creeds, whether Roman Catholic, Orthodox, or protestant. For further study, I…

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jh9402

jh9402 Document: Johannine.94.02 Johannine Hour - John 15 1-17 - 2/94 - Taize To speak about the People of God, the prophets sometimes used the image of the vine. God…

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enchir13

enchir13 CHAPTER XIII BAPTISM AND ORIGINAL SIN 41. Since he was begotten and conceived in no pleasure of carnal appetite--and therefore bore no trace of original sin--he was, by the…

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enchir29

enchir29 CHAPTER XXIX "THE LAST THINGS" 109. Now, for the time that intervenes between man's death and the final resurrection, there is a secret shelter for his soul, as each…

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creedslater

creedslater LATER CREEDS Third Council of Constantinople (681 AD, Sixth Ecumenical) This council further clarified the Definition of Chalcedon, dealing with the question of whether the two natures of Jesus…

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jh9403

jh9403 Document: pub/resources/text/taize/johannine: johannine.94.03.TXT March 1994 JOHANNINE HOURS - EXODUS 3,1-15 Moses, exiled from Egypt after an abortive attempt to establish justice, is in the wilderness far off the beaten…

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conintro

conintro Introduction AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas First published MCMLV Library of Congress Catalog Card…

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enchir14

enchir14 CHAPTER XIV THE MYSTERIES OF CHRIST'S MEDIATORIAL WORK (48-49) AND JUSTIFICATION (50-55) 48. That one sin, however, committed in a setting of such great happiness, was itself so great…

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enchir30

enchir30 CHAPTER XXX THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN LIVING: FAITH AND HOPE 114. Thus, from our confession of faith, briefly summarized in the Creed (which is milk for babes when pondered…

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cron1199

cron1199 27500 ce1 Chronology 1ce-199ce Last revision: 15Feb94 Paul Harvey <pharvey@quack.kfu.com> [1-199ce (conversion era): last revision: 15Feb94] 1ce: first year in Christian calendar, (a.d. = anno Domini), (see 525) 6:…

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