The Creed and the Scriptures

Were ancient Christian creeds designed as summaries of Scripture, or, conversely, was the formation of Scripture itself subject to creedal as well as canonical considerations? To what extent were there non-Christian antecedents and analogies to the church's habit of making creeds? The contributors to this volume investigate the relationship between Scripture and ancient Christian creeds. The essays in this volume are divided into four sections devoted to related lines of inquiry. The first asks whether the Christian creeds are sui generis as sometimes claimed, or whether there are close analogies in Jewish and Graeco-Roman antiquity. The second section investigates key critical issues in scholarly study of the creeds. The third turns to case studies illustrating how early Christian writers deploy the creeds in their engagement with scriptural topics. The fourth section turns to thematic studies in the creed. Cover Title Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Markus Bockmuehl and Nathan Eubank — Introduction. The Creed and the Scriptures Markus Bockmuehl — The Myth of Creedless Judaism David Lincicum — Monotheism, Creation, and Providence. Theological Summaries in Philo and Josephus John T. Fitzgerald — Christian Creeds in the Context of the Ancient World Andrew Radde-Gallwitz — “History, Not Legend”. The Apostles’ Creed in Modern Scholarship Wolfram Kinzig — The Origins of the Roman Creed. New Reflections on an Old Problem Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski — The Roman Creed and Its Origin, Early Context, and Function Frances Young — The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching. How Irenaeus Provides Clues to the Relationship Between Creeds and Scripture Khaled Anatolios — The Apostles’ Creed in Light of Nicene Hermeneutics. A Program for Trinitarian Deification Blake Leyerle — A Creedal Gloss in the Baptismal Catecheses of John Chrysostom Elizabeth Klein — “Creator of Heaven and Earth,” the Martyrs, and the Formation of the Canon Jennifer Strawbridge — “Begotten, Not Made”. Colossians  and Creedal Formation John Sehorn — Kenosis as Criterion of Canonicity inOrigen’s On First Principles Chi-Kin Lei — The Absence and Presence of the Descent Phrase in the Apostles’ Creed and the Old Roman Creed Jennie Grillo — “He Descended to Hell”. Israel Between Death and Resurrection inScripture and Creed Robin M. Jensen — “He Ascended into Heaven”. A Visual Event in Visual Art Nathan Eubank — The Savior of the Bible and the Judge of the Creed Anthony Pagliarini — The Meaning and Function of Communio Sanctorum as an Article of the Creed Bibliography List of Contributors Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects