Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine from the Bible to the Present, 3rd ed.

by John H. Leith

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1982

Overview

Creeds of the Churches offers, in one comprehensive volume, the major Christian statements of faith from biblical times to the present. The third edition has been updated to include the Athanasian Creed, the London Confession, the Frankfurt Declaration, and the Lima Text, among others. A brief introduction to each creed explains its place in the developing theology of the Christian community.

Product Details

• Title: Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine from the Bible to the Present
• Author: John H. Leith
• Edition: Third Edition
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1982
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 736
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Creeds › Collected works; Theology, Doctrinal › Collected works
• ISBNs: 9780804205269, 0804205264
• Resource ID: LLS:CRDSCHRCHSPRSNT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-02-10T20:08:07Z

About John H. Leith

John Haddon Leith (September 10, 1919 – August 12, 2002) was an important Presbyterian theologian and ordained minister who was the Pemberton Professor of Theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia from 1959 to 1990. He authored at least 18 books and countless essays on Christianity, over the years moving from a moderate to a strongly critical, conservative perspective on the Presbyterian Church (USA).