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From Claude.ai on 2/17/2026. Prompt: What is the Apostolic Creed, and how does it relate to the evolution of the Nicaea Creed? [See also the post in this site titled The Councils and Creeds creating the Trinity] Great question — the relationship between these two creeds is often misunderstood. The Apostles’ Creed The Apostles’ Creed […]
Continue ReadingLink to a paper about the creed the author believes is embedded in 1 Cor 15:1-11, https://carm.org/evidence-and-answers/an-analysis-of-the-pre-pauline-creed-in-1-corinthians-151-11/ Creeds, Confessions and Catechisms
Continue ReadingSubpages to this page are summaries and extracts from Dr. James Tabor’s 16 lectures from his “Christianity Before Paul” series during the winter/spring of 2025. Also, see the page on this site titled Jesus Before Paul and Robyn Faith Walsh’s paper, “A Jesus Before Paul?” All text below is by Dr. James D. Tabor from here. […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from Wikipedia. The Nicene Creed of 325 explicitly affirms the Father as the “one God” and as the “Almighty,” and Jesus Christ as “the Son of God”, as “begotten of […] the essence of the Father,” and therefore as “consubstantial with the Father,” meaning, “of the same substance”[20][21] as the Father; “very God of very […]
Continue ReadingFrom Wikipedia The United Methodist Hymnal of 1989 also contains (at #882) what it terms the “Ecumenical Version” of this creed which is the ecumenically accepted modern translation of the International Committee on English Texts (1975) as amended by the subsequent successor body, the English Language Liturgical Consultation (1987).[60] This form of the Apostles’ Creed can be found […]
Continue ReadingThis page cites texts scholars believe predate the earliest NT writings; i.e. Paul. The texts are from the NT and for reasons cited below and in the links are believed to have been inserted by the NT authors. They provide insight into what the earliest Christians believed. Philippians Hymn aka The Philippian Creed – Marg […]
Continue ReadingThe Poetry of Philippians 2:6-11. Link to Marg’s Blog. The Most Widely Discussed Passage of Philippians by Bar Ehram, May 2025. The reasons for thinking that Paul is quoting rather than composing it are pretty compelling, and I will get to them eventually. For now I want to point out the rhythmic structure. … These […]
Continue ReadingFrom a comment to a post at BSA – The Trinity is, for me, simply claiming for Jesus what every Mystic around the world for thousands of years has always claimed — to be One with God. I also like Alan Watts’ take — that when Jesus said, “No One Comes to the Father except […]
Continue ReadingExtracts below are from https://historyofchristiantheology.com/commentary/period-i-early-and-medieval-church/nicene-creed The Platonist Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria, a contemporary of Jesus, emphasized an allegoric approach to interpret scripture. This method was adopted by many early Christian fathers. Indeed, Augustine was converted to Christianity when Ambrose introduced him to this technique to help Augustine overcome his objections to many Old Testament stories and rituals. The Alexandrian school became the center […]
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