{"product_id":"we-believe-exploring-the-nicene-faith-paperback-1","title":"We Believe: Exploring the Nicene Faith - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Irving\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of ad 381 was a key statement in the context of the theological controversies and confessional atmosphere of the fourth-century church.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Irving explores Christian belief about God, creation and redemption, as it is expressed in the Creed. He thereby contributes to the continuing task of the church's self-examination of its talk about God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrving shows the importance of tradition and the intrinsic relationship between thought in the church today and thought in the church across time. He sets the Creed in its historical and theological contexts, and connects its theology to some areas of contemporary theological inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Creed sets out the basic parameters of Christian belief. While the specifics of what is believed within those parameters are not determined, there is an internal logic to the Creed's presentation of the Christian faith. The contrast between God's internal and external relations is the theological motif that gives particular shape to the Creed, which expresses an expansive vision of the generosity of God, with his relation to creation grounded in his being as love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChurch of England priest, Lecturer and Tutor in Theology at St Mellitus College (East Midlands). He is author of \u003ci\u003eT. F. Torrance's Reconstruction of Natural Theology: Christ and Cognition\u003c\/i\u003e (Lexington) and \u003ci\u003eGod, Freedom and the Body of Christ: Toward a Theology of the Church \u003c\/i\u003e(Cascade), and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Doctrine of the Incarnation Opened by Edward Irving: Abridged with Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (Pickwick, forthcoming).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378315739385,"sku":"9781789742701","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/2DnxWctrRK9781789742701_b64476be-a4f9-4f82-8499-cc0b56bec7b6.webp?v=1770045400","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/we-believe-exploring-the-nicene-faith-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}