Over the past few weeks’, we’ve been going over the history, theology, and spirituality of the Nicene Creed, an ancient statement of faith that has been one of the major standards of Christian orthodoxy for close to 1700 years. Today our attention will shift to what it says about the Holy Spirit. In the original … Continue reading … And in the Holy Spirit
If you were to ask most Christians what the most important thing about Jesus is, they’d probably say it’s that he rose from the dead. If you were to ask them what is the most important thing Jesus did for our salvation, they’d probably say that he died for our sins. And if you were … Continue reading Crucified, Risen, and Exalted
The two most recent post in this series on the Nicene faith have turned our attention to the figure of Jesus of Nazareth, namely his divinity, which he shares in full with the Father, and the fact that everything that he did and does is “for us and for our salvation.” The next two posts … Continue reading He came down …
In the last post in this series exploring the history, theology, and spirituality of the Nicene Creed, we turned our attention to Jesus. We saw how, in numerous ways, the Creed reiterates our faith that the man Jesus is fully God, that is to say fully expressing the wholeness of divinity just as the Father does. … Continue reading For Us and for Our Salvation
So far in this series on the Nicene faith, we’ve been taking things very slowly, one phrase at a time. Today, I’ll be taking a bigger bite because the next few lines, while all using unique and nuanced terminology, amount to much the same thing: That Jesus is God with exactly the same quality of … Continue reading … And in one Lord, Jesus Christ …
Matthew Root 