was the Creed of 325 “new?”
No. A quick survey of pre-Dan Brown literature reveals that several rules of faith existed in the early 2nd century.
No. A quick survey of pre-Dan Brown literature reveals that several rules of faith existed in the early 2nd century.
I keep hearing this tired refrain: “‘Jesus is Lord’ is the earliest creed.” They are pulling this phrase from 1
Holy cow. I love this sort of stuff. St. Irenaeus is fighting off Marcion and attempting to explain some things
Gary, one of the reasons I like Irenaeus is his position on the Creator and the Creature. There is no
Since the apostasy tyrannized over us unjustly, and though we were by nature the property of the omnipotent God, alienated
Irenaeus likened the ‘Gnostic’ use of Scripture to that of someone who takes Homeric verses and rearranges them to create
I can’t find the Greek text, and I really don’t want to spend any more time on it, but this
I’ll give you two… “He came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in