We Believe | Why Christians Have Creeds and Confessions
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In this episode, Michael and Zach begin a new series exploring the creeds and confessions that have shaped Christian theology. If Christians already have the Bible, why write creeds at all—and what authority should they have? The discussion begins by distinguishing creeds, confessions, councils, and doctrinal definitions before tracing the development of early Christian summaries of faith. Michael and Zach then take a historical flyover through the Apostles’ Creed, Nicaea and Constantinople, Chalcedon, and the Athanasian Creed, considering the controversies each was meant to address and why increasingly precise theological language became necessary. They also examine rival formulas and failed attempts at doctrinal settlement, asking whether historical victory proves theological truth. The episode closes by explaining the difference between ancient creeds and later Protestant confessions and laying out the series’ guiding principle: creeds can serve the church as valuable summaries of biblical teaching, but Scripture remains the final authority by which every creed, council, and confession must be judged.
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