Making of the Creeds

Is that Superman on the cover? If so, I may need new glasses. I can't even see the big "S".

My mom gave me this book to read at the beach (I'm 12). Other that the first Chapter which was choppy and dull, this book was a great read. I especially liked the treatment of Irenaeus and Origen. Thank you.

Frances Young, like the late Alan Richardson before him has done an excellent job of explaining the history and development of the Creeds--especially the Apostles and Nicene Creeds. His exposition of classic Nicene Christian creedal belief is streightforward and eucemenical.If you want to know the basics behind the development of the key Christian Creeds, their significnce in Christian history and their basic meaning, this is a well written and reliable source. I read it with great profit when it was first published (1991) after having first read Alan Richardson's Creeds in the Making published 50 years earlier.An excellent primer,(such as those by Young and Richardson) should impel one to explore the creeds further. Where do you go for further exploration? The definitive source now and for generations to come is Credo (2003) by the peerless Christian scholar Jaroslav Pelikan. Notable for its devotional and intellectual merit is The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters by Luke Timothy Johnson (2003). Finally, the exposition on our profession of faith set forth in the Creed is dogmatically and carefully explained in sections 26-1065 of the Catholic Catechism (1994 as revised).

This book, although maybe boring at times to some, is the best book on the making of the creed that I have read. This gave a detailed account on how and why the first creeds were made, and what they have in common with the creed we use today (Nicene). The aurthor gives references to the other Creeds, but focuses on mainly the Nicene. A must get for teachers teaching the faith.