Legend says Athanasius (ca.296-373), Greek Bishop of Alexandria, authored the creed that bears his name during exile in Rome, but, while the Athanasian Creed reflects St. Athanasius’s teaching, the Creed was not known until after his time and similarly addresses controversies that arose later. (The image above is from Wikipedia.)
Confessing the Athanasian Creed once each year on Trinity Sunday often raises more questions about the Christian (or “catholic”!) faith than anything else. From the Second Sunday after Pentecost in 2012 until the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost in 2012, our Sunday morning Adult Bible Class answered some of those questions as we made our way through this centuries-old confession of the faith that focuses particularly on the Holy Trinity but that also includes a succinct statement about the person of Christ. We also took up some other issues related to the Holy Trinity. The handout for the class is linked below, as are audio recordings of the class, when available. (You can find an online version of the Creed as included in the Lutheran Confessions here). You may also be interested in the June 15, 2014, discussion of the Holy Trinity and the Athanasian Creed.
Week 13 — September 09, 2012
Audio
Week 12 — September 02, 2012
Audio
Week 11 — August 26, 2012
Audio
Week 10 — August 19, 2012
Audio
Week 9 — August 12, 2012
Audio
(Listen to the two Michael Card songs mentioned in the session: Shema and Psalm 121
[copyright 1993 The Sparrow Corporation])
Week 8 — August 05, 2012
Audio
Week 7 — July 29, 2012
Audio
Week 6 — July 22, 2012
Audio (Includes discussion of the deadly Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting, in part prompted by this blog post.)
Week 5 — July 15, 2012
Audio
Week 4 — July 08, 2012
Audio
Week 3 — July 01, 2012
Audio
Week 2 — June 24, 2012
Audio
Week 1 — June 10, 2012
Audio
