CONTENTS
I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
SECTION
1. I BELIEVE
2. GOD
3. THE FATHER
4. ALMIGHTY
5. MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
AND IN JESUS CHRIST HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD
SECTION
1. AND IN JESUS CHRIST
2. JESUS
3. CHRIST
4. HIS ONLY SON
5. OUR LORD
WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY GHOST, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY
SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED
SECTION
1. SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE
2. WAS CRUCIFIED
3. DEAD
4. AND BURIED
HE DESCENDED INTO HELL, THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD
SECTION
1. HE DESCENDED INTO HELL
2. THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD
HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY
FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY GHOST
THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
SECTION
1. THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH
2. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING
[SOME BOOKS ON THE APOSTLES' CREED OR BEARING UPON ARTICLES THEREOF]
[EDITORIAL NOTE]
Dr. Dodds' Exposition of the Apostles' Creed will supply a real need. It contains a careful, well-informed, and well-balanced statement of the doctrines of the Church which are expressed or indicated in the Creed, and it will be helpful to many as arranging the passages of Scripture on which these doctrines rest. Though historical references could have been easily made, the Editors agree with the author in thinking that to insert them in the discussion of doctrines would have probably perplexed the readers for whom the book is designed.
February 1896.
[PREFATORY NOTE]
The title and purpose of this Handbook limit its subject matter to an exposition of the doctrines which have place in the summary of belief termed the Apostles' Creed. It is not meant to cover the whole field of Christian doctrine.
A history of the Creed has not been attempted. There is much that is interesting in its origin and growth. It did not come into existence all at once, but was built up from time to time by the insertion of clauses formulated by Councils or by leading representatives of the Christian Church. The space available is not sufficient to include a history.
The Handbook being not controversial but expository, references to the heretics and heresies that gave occasion for the articles which have place in the Creed are few and brief.
JAMES DODDS.