Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Grad Study will commence its study of Adam Hamilton's Christianity's Family Tree. Up first is the Introduction and Chapter One (Orthodoxy). Among the discussion topics will be:
- Nicene Creed
- Orthodox interpretation of the dismissal from Eden story
- Revelation
- Orthodox worship
We will follow up the discussion tonight with a Sunday visit to an Orthodox church.
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Some other things to note from the conversation last night...
(1) The ecclesiology of the Nicene Creed identifies four core qualities of the church: one, holy, apostolic, and catholic.
(2) The interrelationships between the three "persons" of the Trinity, and the complexity added to that relationship when western Christianity added the filioque.
(3) The controversies sorted out at the Nicene Council bleed through the Nicene Creed, giving more space to some claims more than others.
(4) There is a liturgical beauty to the Nicene Creed.
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