ABOUT THE EPISODE

Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Donald Fairbairn on his Christ Over All essay: "Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea (325)"

Timestamps

• 00:23 – Intro
• 03:23 – Misconceptions about Creeds & Confessions
• 06:15 – Responding to The Restorationist Movement
• 09:50 – We Are Influenced by Something as We Read Scripture
• 12:49 – The Authorities of Scripture and Tradition in Systematic Theology
• 16:24 – Dr. Fairbairn’s Interest in Church History & the Patristics
• 18:54 – The History Up to 325A.D.
• 24:09 – The Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed
• 28:50 – Denials of Arianism
• 31:55 – The Political Background to the Creed
• 38:37 – Eusebius’ Exaggeration of Constantine
• 41:37 – The Article on the Father
• 46:12 – Language of the Son being ‘Of’ or ‘From’ the Father
• 51:43 – The Arian Moral Exemplar View
• 56:24 – Nicene Cosmology
• 59:33 – Final Thoughts
• 1:01:28 - Outro

Resources to Click

• “Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea” – Donald Fairbairn
• 30 Kyle Claunch, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “God the Father: Namesake of all Fatherhood” – Christ Over All
• Theme of the Month: The Nicene Creed: 1700 Years of Homoousios
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Books to Read

• The Story of Creeds and Confessions: Tracing the Development of the Christian Faith – Donald Fairbairn and Ryan M. Reeves
• Letter to Alexander of Alexandria in The Trinitarian Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought) – ed. William G. Rusch
• Defense of the Nicene Definition – Athanasius
• The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine - Eusebius