The Making of the Creeds (SCM Classics)

An apt summary of the making if the creeds, with careful attention to church history. An enjoyable read for any church history fan.

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).

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

As described

I have found this book to be very dry and for those who are looking for a clear explanation of the position of early Christianity this is a very difficult read. It is part of my study course work unfortunately! For me it lacks a clear path and I would not recommend this.

Good, so far as it goes - but doesn't deal with all the creeds' contents

I believe this is written in such an out dated and over educated fashion that it becomes tedious very quickly, much better off with William Barclay

I have found this book to be clear and informative about the Patristic times of the making of the creeds for my course.