DISCERNING GOD IN THE CREED
Believing Three Ways in One God: A Reading of the Apostles’ Creed, by Nicholas Lash, London: S.C.M. Press, 1992. Believing Three Ways in One God Prof. Lash begin his reflections on the Apostles’ Creed by explaining the attitude toward the articles. He defined the appropriate attitude “Amen” as a fundamental reflection about God’s work from the beginning, present, and future. For the time being, it is enough to make a general point that unity or identity of Christian faith, serve to sustain the identity and oneness , bearing witness and giving testimony as a Christian. It is not merely citation about what others believe but what ‘I’ believe. Lash, moreover, explain that the utterance of the
Creed was not a list of theses but as an act of worship. The creed begins with phrase “I believe”. What is it the …show more content…
For Lash, they viewed with grave suspicion, because new words bring new meanings and thereby risk betrayal of the old.
The biblical text uses images from motherhood is described in Jesus as well. Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem evokes a mother’s comfort and concern. He says, “How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings” (Luke 13:34 and Matt. 23:37). The feminist side of God also described by Jesus when He gives his parable. God describe as a laboring mother who looking for her lost coin. In the light of the gospel of Luke, Jesus said:
“Or what woman having ten silver coins, is she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
- Luke
Believing Three Ways in One God: A Reading of the Apostles’ Creed, by Nicholas Lash, London: S.C.M. Press, 1992. Believing Three Ways in One God Prof. Lash begin his reflections on the Apostles’ Creed by explaining the attitude toward the articles. He defined the appropriate attitude “Amen” as a fundamental reflection about God’s work from the beginning, present, and future. For the time being, it is enough to make a general point that unity or identity of Christian faith, serve to sustain the identity and oneness , bearing witness and giving testimony as a Christian. It is not merely citation about what others believe but what ‘I’ believe. Lash, moreover, explain that the utterance of the
Creed was not a list of theses but as an act of worship. The creed begins with phrase “I believe”. What is it the …show more content…
For Lash, they viewed with grave suspicion, because new words bring new meanings and thereby risk betrayal of the old.
The biblical text uses images from motherhood is described in Jesus as well. Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem evokes a mother’s comfort and concern. He says, “How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings” (Luke 13:34 and Matt. 23:37). The feminist side of God also described by Jesus when He gives his parable. God describe as a laboring mother who looking for her lost coin. In the light of the gospel of Luke, Jesus said:
“Or what woman having ten silver coins, is she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
- Luke