Pelikan, Jaroslav <br/><br/>
Creeds and confessions / 
Jaroslav Pelikan. 
 - Yale University Press :  New Haven,  c2003. 
 - 609 p.;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Credo: historical and theological guide to creeds and confessions of faith in the Christian tradition 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: continuity and Change in Creeds and Confessions -- The Creedal and Confessional Imperative -- Confession of the Faith as Doctrine -- Faith and Order -- The Genesis of Creeds and Confessions -- Scripture, Tradition, and Creed -- The Rule of Prayer and the Rule of Faith -- Formulas of Concord, And of Discord -- The Formation of Confessions and the Politics of Religion -- The Authority of Creeds and Confessions -- Creedal Dogma as Church Law -- Deeds, Not Creeds? -- Transmission of Creeds and Confessions to Other Cultures -- The Orthodoxy of the Body of the Faithful -- The History of the Creeds and Confessions -- Rules of Faith in the Early Church -- Affirmations of Faith in Eastern Orthodoxy -- Professions of Faith in the Medieval West -- Confessions of Faith in the Reformation Era -- Statements of Faith in Modern Christianity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300093888 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Creeds<br/>Creeds--History and criticism
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>REF BT 990  / .C74 2003 v.4