Politics in the Bible

The creeds presented here range from the ancient faith of the Hebrews and the creed-like formulas of the New Testament to the Barmen Declaration of 1934 (framed by Christians in Germany facing Nazism) and the Batak Creed of 1951 (in which Indonesian Christians gave authentic expression to their religious belief in the idiom of their own culture). All the creeds are in some sense "official," and every major division of Christendom is represented, including the Younger Churches. The volume ends with the messages of the most important assemblies dealing with the Ecumenical Movement. This single volume, containing all the major theological affirmations of the Christian community, is a sourcebook for the study of Christian theology. It comprises a record of the Church's interpretation of the Bible in the past, and an authoritative guide to its interpretation of the present. Indeed, it is a guide to an understanding of the Christian interpretation of life.