Exposition of the Apostles' Creed

"I asked the earth," wrote Augustine in his _Confessions_, "and it answered me, 'I am not He.' And whatsoever things are in it confirmed the same. I asked the sea and the deeps...

While the clause was probably inserted at first to vindicate the doctrine of communion of saints in this life, it has long been regarded as extending to a communion subsisting b...

The Apostles had not grasped the statements of Christ in such a way as to lead them to look with confidence for His return, or to gather hope of His resurrection. On the contrar...

(_a_) (_Consciousness_) There is a wonderful agreement among men as to the existence of a great invisible Being by whom the world was created and is governed, and who charges Hi...

It is evident, therefore, that each of the Evangelists believed in the Divine origin of Jesus, for they would not have used such language regarding one who in their opinion was...

In considering this statement, we must take into account the physical condition of Jesus when He was crucified. On the night of His betrayal, and after His apprehension, He had...

The righteous live for ever, And in the Lord is their reward, And the care for them with the Most High. Therefore shall they receive the crown of royal dignity And the diadem of...

The arguments for the distinct personality of the Holy Ghost prove also that He is God. The baptismal formula and the apostolic benediction assume His Divinity. The words of Chr...

Though I am an old Doctor of Divinity, to this day I have not got beyond the children's learning--the Ten Commandments, the Belief, and the Lord's Prayer; and these I understand...