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The Need for Creeds The Need for Creeds with Jaroslav Pelikan




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Program Particulars Links + Resources Book + Music Lists Share Reflections: What is your creed? How does it shape your practice or your experience of others?
  • The Nicene Creed: Text of the statement of faith that provides a basis for unity among many Christians.


  • The Masai Creed: Text of the African tribe's creed read by Pelikan during the show.


  • Apostles' Creed: Provides a history of the Christian creed and versions of how it evolved over time.


  • The Apostles' Creed Versus Gnosticism: Annotated commentary of the Christian creed that answered the challenge of gnosticism by emphasizing the human nature and corporal body of Jesus.


  • Orthodox Church in America: Site of the church to which Pelikan converted and conducts historical research. Link provides commentary on a line-by-line basis of the Nicene Creed.


  • The Shema: Explanation of the primary Jewish declaration of faith in one God.


  • The Shahada: The Notre Dame Muslim Students Association provides an understanding of the Muslim creed.


  • On Liberty: Text of 1909 essay by John Stuart Mill that was cited by Pelikan during the show.


  • Emerson's Divinity School Address: Text of Ralph Waldo Emerson's address to the students at Harvard Divinity School in 1838.


  • Documents of the Second Vatican Council: A hypermedia archive of encyclicals issued by the Holy See.


  • A Guide to the Perplexed: Text of an important work by Rabbi Maimonidies that provided a systematic formulation of Jewish theology.


  • Religion and Politics with Joseph Califano: A Speaking of Faith show in which the author and Washington insider discusses his Catholic faith growing up in Brooklyn and the impact of Vatican II.