Creed

I began this series on the Nicene Creed with two questions: What does the Creed say about the Christian God? And, What does this say about Christian spirituality? Today, as I wrap this series up, I’d like to bring the pieces together and see just what the road of faith the Creed maps out looks … Continue reading Amen.

The other day in this series on the Creed, we looked what it has to say about the Church, as the community of faith. Today we’ll look at the final three clauses of the Nicene Creed, which talk about the ways we participate in that community, in this life and the next (in what the … Continue reading Baptism, Resurrection, and the Coming Age

A recurring theme here on the blog over the years has been the idea that one of the major claims the first Christians made was that the gifts of the Holy Spirit, historically reserved for those with unique vocations of leadership, was now poured out richly upon the whole community of faith. But this is … Continue reading …Who Spoke by the Prophets

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