THE APOSTLES’ CREED
A Guide to the Ancient Catechism
BEN MYERS
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism
Christian Essentials
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Introduction: The Ancient Catechism
And in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
He descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead
He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father
And he will come to judge the living and the dead
Church Fathers Translations Used
The Christian Essentials series passes down tradition that matters.
The church has often spoken paradoxically about growth in Christian faith: to grow means to stay at the beginning. The great Reformer Martin Luther exemplified this. “Although I’m indeed an old doctor,” he said, “I never move on from the childish doctrine of the Ten Commandments and the Apostles’ Creed and the Lord’s Prayer. I still daily learn and pray them with my little Hans and my little Lena.” He had just as much to learn about the Lord as his children.
The ancient church was founded on basic biblical teachings and practices like the Ten Commandments, baptism, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s Prayer, and corporate worship. These basics of the Christian life have sustained and nurtured every generation of the faithful—from the apostles to today. They apply equally to old and young, men and women, pastors and church members. “In Christ Jesus you are ...
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About The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient CatechismDo You Believe? Today we’re flooded with opinions and ideas. And they all might be interesting, but are they true? Would you die for them? Ben Myers re-introduces the Apostles’ Creed. He helps us to see how difficult and counter-cultural the Creed really is. It doesn’t give us sweet, empty words. It’s a faith that demands we die so that we might live. In the early church many converts died for their faith. So they needed to have a good idea what they might die for! Early church pastors and theologians used the Apostles’ Creed as the essential guide to the basics of the Christian life. The Apostles’ Creed has united Christians from different times, different places, and different traditions. The truths proclaimed in the Creed are eternal. Will you trust them? |
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