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.

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• 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