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Christian Classics

Christian Classics

Faith Classics · Curated by Category · With Introductions

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Grace and Freedom: Augustine on Human Nature
Augustine of Hippo
Theology & DoctrineChurch FathersAcademic
This volume collects Augustine's key writings on human nature. On Free Choice of the Will explores the origin of evil and the question of human free will; On Nature and Grace sets out humanity's total corruption and God's total grace. Together the two works lay the foundations of Augustine's thinking about human nature.
The Apostles' Creed
The early Western church
Creeds & CatechismsChurch FathersIntroductory
The most widely confessed statement of Christian faith. Grown from the second-century baptismal creed of Rome and fixed in its present form by about the eighth century, its twelve articles follow the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The Nicene Creed
Councils of Nicaea (325) and Constantinople (381)
Creeds & CatechismsChurch FathersIntroductory
The creed of the first ecumenical councils. Against Arius, Nicaea (325) confessed the Son "begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father"; Constantinople (381) expanded the article on the Holy Spirit. Shared by East and West.
The Chalcedonian Definition
Council of Chalcedon (451)
Creeds & CatechismsChurch FathersIntermediate
The Fourth Ecumenical Council's definition of Christ's person: truly God and truly man, in two natures "without confusion, without change, without division, without separation," united in one person. The boundary of orthodox Christology ever since.