Story of Creeds and Confessions

Donald Fairbairn (PhD, University of Cambridge) is academic dean and the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at the Charlotte, North Carolina, campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.Ryan M. Reeves (PhD, University of Cambridge) is associate professor of historical theology at the Jacksonville, Florida, campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

• Contents1. IntroductionPart 1: The Era of the Creeds (AD 100-500)2. The Creedal Impulse in Scripture and the Early Church3. A Christian Empire and Creedal Standardization4. A Creed for the Entire Church: The Nicene Creed5. Explaining the Nicene Creed: The Chalcedonian Definition6. A Local Creed with Traditional Authority: The Apostles' Creed7. A Creedal Anomaly with Staying Power: The Athanasian CreedPart 2: Exploring Creedal Theology (500-900)8. Clarifying Chalcedon in the East9. The West Charts Its Own Theological Course10. Creedal Dissension and the East-West SchismPart 3: From Creeds to Confessions in the West (900-1500)11. Setting the Stage for Medieval Developments12. Catholic Confessions in the High Middle AgesPart 4: The Reformation and Confessionalism (1500-1650)13. The Crisis of the Reformation14. Early Protestant Confessions15. New Generations of Protestant Confessions16. Catholic and Orthodox Responses to Protestant Confessions17. Protestant Confessions in the Late ReformationPart 5: Confessions in the Modern World (1650-Present)18. The New Grammar of Modern ConfessionsConclusionIndex