Confessing the Faith Yesterday and Today: Essays Reformed, Dissenting, and Catholic

Confessing the Faith Yesterday and Today: Essays Reformed, Dissenting, and Catholic
ISBN-10
0227174194
ISBN-13
9780227174197
Series
Confessing the Faith Yesterday and Today
Category
Religion
Pages
305
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
James Clarke Company
Author
Alan P. F. Sell

Description

What is it to confess the Christian faith, and what is the status of formal confessions of faith? How far does the context inform the content of the confession? These questions are addressed in Part One, with reference to the Reformed tradition in general, and to its English and Welsh Dissenting strand in particular. In an adverse political context the Dissenters' plea for toleration under the law was eventually granted. The question of tolerance remains alive in our very different context, andin addition we face the challenge of confessing and commending the faith in an intellectual environment in which many question Christianity's relevance and rebut traditional defences of it. In Part Two it is recognised that Christian confessing is an ecclesial, not simply an individual, calling, and that the one confessing church catholic is visibly divided over doctrine and practice. Suggestions for ameliorating this situation are offered, though the final resolution may be a matter for theeschaton. Until then Christians are called to witness faithfully and to live hopefully as citizens of heaven. In an epilogue the challenges and pitfalls of systematic theology as a discipline involving both confession and commendation are explored.

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