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Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
Jaroslav Pelikan
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Description for Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
Paperback. One of the world's leading theologians offers important insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 942.
One of the world’s leading scholars offers unique insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds
Eminent theologian Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing, and studying the Christian creeds and confessions of faith for sixty years. This book is the historical and theological distillation of that work. In Credo, Pelikan addresses essential questions about the Christian tradition: the origins of creeds; their function; their political role; how they relate to Christian institutions, worship, and service; and how they help to explain the major divisions of the Christian church and of Christian history.
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One of the world’s leading scholars offers unique insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds
Eminent theologian Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing, and studying the Christian creeds and confessions of faith for sixty years. This book is the historical and theological distillation of that work. In Credo, Pelikan addresses essential questions about the Christian tradition: the origins of creeds; their function; their political role; how they relate to Christian institutions, worship, and service; and how they help to explain the major divisions of the Christian church and of Christian history.
Credo standsas an independent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
942g
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300109740
SKU
V9780300109740
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About Jaroslav Pelikan
Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and the first John W. Kluge Scholar at the Library of Congress. During his distinguished career he has received dozens of honors and awards, including 42 honorary degrees. He is the author of nearly forty books and the editor of scores of others.
Reviews for Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
"Pelikan's book is learned, indeed massively so, yet because of the lucidity of its prose it is accessible to the general reader." Luke Timothy Johnson, Washington Post Book World"