In the spirit of nineteenth-century philosopher John Stuart
Mill's admonition to fully, frequently, and fearlessly" discuss
what we profess to be true in order that it remain a "living truth"
rather than dead dogma, Thomas P. Rausch gives us "I Believe in
God: A Reflection on the Apostles' Creed. "Rausch carefully
explores the controversies that led to the development of the Creed
and thereby brings the Creed to life for modern readers. More
important, he maintains that the Creed is most fully alive when
those who profess it do so as a personal response to their
baptismal cal.
"I Believe in God" carefully unpacks the three articles of the
Creed but does so always with an eye and heart toward communion
with God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As baptized Christians,
to profess the Creed is to be committed to enter more deeply into
this trinitarian relationship and thus more fully into communion
with one another. Rausch clearly shows that the Apostles' Creed is
grounded in Scripture, first came to expression in the church's
baptismal liturgy, and can be better understood in light of
contemporary theological reflection. Attentive to the ways in which
the language of the Creed is relevant to the experience of
twenty-first-century Christians, he leads us to understand what
Pope Benedict meant when he said the Creed is "a tiny summa in
which everything essential is expressed." With Rausch's guidance,
readers will confess those essentials with greater conviction and
appreciation.
"Thomas P. Rausch, SJ, is the T. Marie Chilton Professor of
Catholic Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He
is the author of "Being Catholic in a Culture of Choice, Towards a
Truly Catholic Church, Who is Jesus?, Catholicism in the Third
Millennium, "and editor of the bestselling "The College Student's
Introduction to Theology, "al published by Liturgical Press.""
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