Topics:<\/b> Creeds; Crucifixion; Easter; Faith; Family of God; Gospel; Jesus Christ; Love; Missions; Perspective; Protection; Resurrection; Victory<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Proverbs 25:11; Isaiah 55:5; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 9:19\u201323; 15:3\u20135; Philippians 3:20\u201321; Hebrews 1:1\u20133<\/p>\n
Judaism has its shema<\/i> and Islam its shahadah<\/i>, but Christians, responding to Jesus\u2019 question \u201cWho do you say that I am?\u201d have produced literally thousands of statements of faith across the centuries.<\/p>\n
As a capstone to his lifelong interest in the central texts of the Christian faith, Jaroslav Pelikan edited (with Valerie Hotchkiss) Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition<\/i>, a four-volume critical edition with a one-volume historical and theological guide called simply Credo<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Pelikan\u2019s collection includes several hundred creeds, including the Masai Creed from Nigeria, which Africanizes Christianity by declaring that Jesus \u201cwas always on safari doing good.\u201d It also declares that after Jesus had been \u201ctortured and nailed hands and feet to a cross, and died, he lay buried in the grave, but the hyenas did not touch him, and on the third day, he rose from the grave. He ascended unto the skies. He is the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n
This creed was brought to Pelikan\u2019s attention by one of his students, a woman who had been a member of a religious order working in a hospital in East Nigeria. Pelikan wrote, \u201cShe brought it to me, and I just got shivers. Just the thought, you know, the hyenas did not touch him, and the act of defiance\u2014God lives even in spite of the hyenas.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Timothy George, \u201cDelighted by Doctrine,\u201d Christian History and Biography<\/i> (Summer 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Creeds; Crucifixion; Easter; Faith; Family of God; Gospel; Jesus Christ; Love; Missions; Perspective; Protection; Resurrection; Victory References: Proverbs 25:11; Isaiah 55:5; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 9:19\u201323; 15:3\u20135; Philippians 3:20\u201321; Hebrews 1:1\u20133 Judaism has its shema and Islam its shahadah, but Christians, responding to Jesus\u2019 question \u201cWho do you say that I am?\u201d have produced … Continue reading “JESUS
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