Christian Confessions: A Historical Introduction - Softcover

Campbell, Ted A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664256503 ISBN 13: 9780664256500

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996

Synopsis

The historic teachings of four major Christian traditions--Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Reformation and Union Churches, and Evangelical and Free churches--are set forth here in a comparative framework. Following a brief historical introduction of each tradition, Ted Campbell provides an extensive overview of the tradition's beliefs on religious authority, God and Christ, human nature and salvation, and church, ministry, and the sacraments. He concludes by considering whether a definable core of Christian teachings cuts across denominational and confessional boundaries.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Ted Campbell examines, in a comparative framework, the historic teachings of the four major Christian traditions that have shaped our theological heritage - Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism. Reformation and Union churches, and Evangelical and Free churches. He provides an extensive overview of each tradition's particular beliefs on religious authority, God and Christ, human nature and salvation, and church, ministry, and the sacraments. He concludes by considering whether a definable core of Christian teachings cuts across denominational and confessional boundaries.

About the Author:

Ted A. Campbell is Associate Professor of Church History at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. He is the author of Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials and John Wesley and Christian Antiquity: Religious Vision and Cultural Change.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0664256503
• ISBN 13: 9780664256500
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360