Faith to Creed: Ecumenical Perspectives on the Affirmation of the Apostolic Faith in the Fourth Century
Papers of the Faith to Creed Consultation
Commission on Faith and Order
October 25-27, 1989  Waltham, MA

Mark Heim, Editor (1991)
NCR422, $14.95

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The Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches issued a call to Christian churches in 1982 to explore the meaning of the "apostolic faith" as a means to express visible unity. Faith to Creed was published for the Commission on Faith and Order of the National Council Churches in Christ in the USA (NCC) as a response of the North American member churches to that call and addresses matters of concern and study among the member churches of the NCC. This is the fourth volume to appear in the Faith and Order series.

As churches today struggle toward unity in faith, an increasingly crucial question has become whether they can reach a common affirmation of the apostolic faith confessed in the Nicene (or Nicene-Constantinopolitan) Creed.

The authors of this book seek to explore the historical and cultural setting of the creed s text in an effort to achieve an ecumenical understanding of its expression of faith in the fourth century, when it was formulated, as well as today.

Contributors to this volume include S. Mark Heim, John Meyendorff, Andre de Haleux, William G. Rusch, Roberta C. Bondi, Rosemary Jermann, Paulo D. Siepierski, Eduardo Hoornaet, E. Glenn Hinson, A. James Reimer, and Max L. Stackhouse.