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Beginner's Guide to Creeds and Confessions
Christians still wrestle with questions that shaped the early church: How could God be three and one at the same time? How is Jesus both God and man? Centuries of challenges drove believers back to Scripture, refining doctrine and producing the clarity found in the Athanasian Creed.
Emperor Constantine assembled over 300 church leaders to try and resolve an issue that threatened to divide the church. What they affirmed about the nature of God has become the definitive statement of Christian belief for the last 1700 years. Let’s look at the creed and consider why it’s so important.
Many Christians are nervous of creeds assuming that they put tradition in the place of the Scriptures. But the Bible itself contains creeds, and historic confessions have guarded the church from error. This post explains why creeds matter and how they serve biblical faithfulness.
