Overall, very positive. My only push-back is the absence when reciting the Apostles Creed about Jesus’s decent into hell (realm of the dead). While this statement is normally deleted when Methodists confess their faith as part of the liturgy, it’s still remains part of the original Creed throughout the majority of liturgical churches throughout the world. Seedbed published a small study on the Apostles Creed, authored by Timothy Tenant. In it, he defended the inclusion of that part of the original Creed, and stated that there is no justification for its removal. Having come from a church tradition that confessed it and the Nicene Creed on a regular basis, I agree.
The Apostle's Creed did not come from the Apostles, but was a later invention in Northern Italy. To this day the Apostle Creed is seldom to never recited by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The phrase "He descended into Hell" has weak exegetical evidence. There are a handful of biblical passages when read together, appear to support the doctrine, however if you examine each passage in its own context you will find that each of those passages do not teach that Christ descended into Hell. That being said, I support the Apostles Creed and recite in my GM Church every Sunday
Can you do a show on the highlights? Also, how long will it be before a new GMC Book of Discipline will be published?
He descended into hell.
Overall, very positive. My only push-back is the absence when reciting the Apostles Creed about Jesus’s decent into hell (realm of the dead). While this statement is normally deleted when Methodists confess their faith as part of the liturgy, it’s still remains part of the original Creed throughout the majority of liturgical churches throughout the world. Seedbed published a small study on the Apostles Creed, authored by Timothy Tenant. In it, he defended the inclusion of that part of the original Creed, and stated that there is no justification for its removal. Having come from a church tradition that confessed it and the Nicene Creed on a regular basis, I agree.
Yes, thank you so much for streaming these watches and the summaries.
Thanks for all you do brother.
Thank you again.
I miss the Creeds in my Wesleyan Church. Though I confess it in BCP daily offices.
The Apostle's Creed did not come from the Apostles, but was a later invention in Northern Italy. To this day the Apostle Creed is seldom to never recited by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The phrase "He descended into Hell" has weak exegetical evidence. There are a handful of biblical passages when read together, appear to support the doctrine, however if you examine each passage in its own context you will find that each of those passages do not teach that Christ descended into Hell.
That being said, I support the Apostles Creed and recite in my GM Church every Sunday