EXPOSITION

OF

THE APOSTLES' CREED

By

THE REV. JAMES DODDS, D.D.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL NOTE

PREFATORY NOTE

INTRODUCTION


ARTICLE 1

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

SECTION
1. I BELIEVE
2. GOD
3. THE FATHER
4. ALMIGHTY
5. MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

ARTICLE 2

AND IN JESUS CHRIST HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD

SECTION
1. AND IN JESUS CHRIST
2. JESUS
3. CHRIST
4. HIS ONLY SON
5. OUR LORD
ARTICLE 3

WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY GHOST, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY

ARTICLE 4

SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED

SECTION
1. SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE
2. WAS CRUCIFIED
3. DEAD
4. AND BURIED

ARTICLE 5

HE DESCENDED INTO HELL, THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD

SECTION
1. HE DESCENDED INTO HELL
2. THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD

ARTICLE 6

HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN AND SITTETH ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY

ARTICLE 7

FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD

ARTICLE 8

I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY GHOST

ARTICLE 9

THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

SECTION
1. THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH
2. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS

ARTICLE 10

THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS

ARTICLE 11

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY

ARTICLE 12

AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING

APPENDIX

FOOTNOTES

SOME BOOKS ON THE APOSTLES' CREED OR BEARING UPON ARTICLES THEREOF

EDITORIAL NOTE

Dr. Dodds' Exposition of the Apostles' Creed will supply a real need. It contains a careful, well-informed, and well-balanced statement of the doctrines of the Church which are expressed or indicated in the Creed, and it will be helpful to many as arranging the passages of Scripture on which these doctrines rest. Though historical references could have been easily made, the Editors agree with the author in thinking that to insert them in the discussion of doctrines would have probably perplexed the readers for whom the book is designed.

February 1896.

PREFATORY NOTE

The title and purpose of this Handbook limit its subject matter to an exposition of the doctrines which have place in the summary of belief termed the Apostles' Creed. It is not meant to cover the whole field of Christian doctrine.

A history of the Creed has not been attempted. There is much that is interesting in its origin and growth. It did not come into existence all at once, but was built up from time to time by the insertion of clauses formulated by Councils or by leading representatives of the Christian Church. The space available is not sufficient to include a history.

The Handbook being not controversial but expository, references to the heretics and heresies that gave occasion for the articles which have place in the Creed are few and brief.

JAMES DODDS.

THE