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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

4.32 Donald Fairbairn, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "Creeds and the Gospel: From the Beginnings to the Council of Nicaea (325)"