Mohler on the Apostle's Creed
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Al Mohler's chapel addresses on the Apostle's Creed:
- Credo: I Believe
- God the Father Almighty
- Maker of Heaven and Earth
- Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord
- Conceived of the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary
- Suffered Under Pontius Pilate
- Was Crucified, Died, and Was Buried
- The Third Day He Arose Again from the Dead
- He Ascended into Heaven and Sitteth on the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty
- Whence He Shall Come to Judge the Living and the Dead
- The Holy Spirit
- The Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of the Saints
- The Forgiveness of Sins
- The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting
posted by JT at Monday, December 08, 2008
6 Comments:
There's an article missing. He descended into hell.
Richard,
Protestants only like to affirm the creeds when they support our theology. Where we disagree with them, we just ignore it and skip over it!
The statement about him descending into hell is proof-positive for me that the creeds, every single one of them, are fallible and suspect to criticism. The rhetoric I hear from some, you would think that they were divinely inspired.
Judging from his exclusion of "the descendit," Mohler might want to adjust his confession to include the "communion of the [separatist] saints."
Grudem has done some helpful work on this question. The creed developed from 200-750 AD, and prior to 650 only one creed included the phrase, and it was understood in the sense of going into the grave.
I haven't listened to Mohler's addresses on this, but my guess is that he covers it in the one on Jesus' death and burial.
JT
The meaning is probably that "he descended the place of the dead" (which is the way we affirm it in our local church). It's the Holy Saturday article of the creed, which is really significant as most of us are destined to spend time in our own Holy Saturday. It's good to know and affirm, in the next article, that Jesus rose from that grave condition (pun totally intended!)
Praise God!
This coming January I am starting a new believer's course based upon this creed and have been a bit hard pressed to find resources from an evangelical perspective.
Thanks Justin for posting this at this time- it's perfect for my preparation.
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