Canon and Creed
By: Robert W. Jenson.
Series: Interpretation: resources for the use of scripture in the church
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780664230548
Subjects: Apostles' Creed
Description: How does the church understand the relation between its Scripture and its creedal formulations? No one is more qualified to address that question than Robert W. Jenson, who shows how canon and creed work together and interact and that neither is an adequate or sufficient to guide Christian faith without the help of the other. His book will enable contemporary interpreters and teachers, pastors, and laity to deal with the questions and tensions that are always present as the church seeks to hold canon and creed together. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one : The central concerns.; title: "Canon" and "creed"; title: Israel's scripture; title: Creed and the Old Testament; title: New Testament canon and regula fidei; title: The Apostles' Creed; title: Part two : Extensions.; title: The canonical text; title: Dogma; title: Episcopacy; title: Part three : Creed/dogma and scriptural exegesis.; title: The creed as critical theory for Scripture; title: Genesis 1:1-5 and the creed; title: Luke 1:26-38 and the creed; title: Mark 14:35-36 and dogma; title: Afterword