Sermons on the Catechism, Vol. II: The Apostles’ Creed
Overview
Volume two of Sermons on the Catechism examines the declarations of the Apostle’s Creed as they are delineated in Luther’s Small Catechism. Golladay provides an informative historical introduction as well as an essay addressing the biblical basis of the Creed. He then expounds on each of the Creed’s three major articles—Father, Son, and Spirit—unpacking the theoretical meaning and the need for personal assent to each aspect. Designed to address practical matters, yet focused on the development of doctrinal belief, Golladay’s volume serves well as both a catechism as well as a basic introduction to Christian belief.
Top Highlights
“Jesus is all powerful not only as the Son of God, but also as the son of man, as He says: ‘All power is given me,’ to His human nature, for as to His divine nature there never was a moment when He lacked it; ‘All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth’ (St. Matt. 28:18). Jesus knows all things, and is everywhere present, not only according to His Deity, but in His human nature by virtue of its personal union with the Divine.” (Page 297)
“If this doctrine be not true I know not whether there is anything concerning Him we can believe, or that I would want to believe. If Christ was not born of the Virgin Mary, we have no assurances of His real Divinity. If He is not truly Divine we have no real Savior, the whole plan of salvation, as the Gospel presents it, falls.” (Page 214)
“So Christ’s sitting at God’s right hand means to occupy the position of honour and power wherever God is.” (Page 295)
“When once men get the right kind of a look into heaven it gives them a joy which goes into all the affairs of life. If these men had had something of this look into heaven forty-odd days before, Good Friday would have been to them a day of sorrows, but it would not have been a day of terror. Death and the grave have altogether a different look to those who turn to them after looking into heaven.” (Pages 287–288)
“That the right hand of God cannot be pressed to mean a purely localized place, a material throne, seems to us to be clear from the fact that God, as God, has no right hand.” (Page 295)
- Title: Sermons on the Catechism, Vol. II: The Apostles’ Creed
- Author: Robert Emory Golladay
- Series: Sermons on the Catechism
- Volume: II
- Publisher: Lutheran Book Concern
- Print Publication Date: 1917
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 › Kleine Katechismus; Lutheran Church › Sermons; Sermons, English
- Resource ID: LLS:SRMNSNTHECTCHSMVOL2
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T02:56:58Z