Chapter XXII: Appendix

The, following arrangement is from Professor Lumby's _History of the Creeds_. It shows that the portions of the Apostolic Creed which do not appear in the earlier forms are very few. Irenaeus omits the conception by the Holy Ghost, while Tertullian inserts it. Neither Creed contains the first part of the fifth article, and in both the ninth and tenth are wanting. With these exceptions the substance of the Apostles' Creed was in circulation as early as A.D. 180.

THE APOSTLES' CREED. CREEDS OF ST. IRENAEUS CREEDS OF TERTULLIAN
(A.D. 180). (A.D. 200).

1. I believe in God the I believe in one God, I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Maker the Father Almighty, who the Creator of the of heaven and earth: made heaven and earth; world, who produced all out of nothing ...

2. And in Jesus Christ And in one Christ Jesus, And in the Word His Son His only Son our Lord, the Son of God [our [Jesus Christ], Lord],

3. Who was conceived by Who was made flesh [of Who through the Spirit
the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin]; and Power of God the
the Virgin Mary, Father descended into
the Virgin Mary, was
made flesh in her womb,
and born of her;

4. Suffered under And in His suffering Was fixed on the cross Pontius Pilate, was [under Pontius Pilate]; [under Pontius Pilate]; crucified, dead, and was dead and buried; buried,

5. He descended into And in His rising from Rose again the third hell; the third day He the dead; day; rose again from the dead,

6. He ascended into And in His ascension in Was taken into heaven, heaven, and sitteth on the flesh; and sat down at the the right hand of God right hand of God; the Father Almighty;

7. From thence He shall And in His coming from He will come to judge come to judge the quick heaven ... that He may the wicked to eternal and the dead. execute just judgment on fire. all.

8. I believe in the Holy And in the Holy Ghost. And in the Holy Spirit Ghost; sent by Christ.

9. The Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of saints;

10. The Forgiveness of sins;

11. The Resurrection of And that Christ shall And that Christ will,
the body; come from heaven to after the revival of
raise up all flesh ... both body and soul with
12. And the and to adjudge the the restoration of the
Life Everlasting. impious and unjust ... flesh, receive His holy
to eternal fire, and to ones into the enjoyment
give to the just and of life eternal and the
holy immortality and promises of heaven.
eternal glory.

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TRANSCRIBER'S CHANGES:--

Footnote 016 amended from "1 Peter iii. 1." to "1 Peter iii. 15."

Footnote 198 amended from "1 Rom v. 19" to "Rom v. 19"

Footnote 243 amended from "2 John iii. 2" to "1 John iii.2."

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FOOTNOTES

[Footnote 001: John xi. 25, 26.]

[Footnote 002: Matt, xxviii. 20.]

[Footnote 003: 1 Cor. xv. 1-4.]

[Footnote 004: Rom. vi. 17.]

[Footnote 005: Gal. vi. 16.]

[Footnote 006: 1 Tim. vi. 20.]

[Footnote 007: 2 Tim. i. 13, 14.]

[Footnote 008: See Appendix]

[Footnote 009: Rom. x. 10.]

[Footnote 010: Rom. x. 17.]

[Footnote 011: Heb. xi. 3.]

[Footnote 012: _Table-Talk_, 1852, p. 144.]

[Footnote 013: 1 John v. 9.]

[Footnote 014: Heb. xi. 6.]

[Footnote 015: Heb. xi. 6.]

[Footnote 016: 1 Peter iii. 15.]

[Footnote 017: See Handbook of Christian Evidences, Principal Stewart, chap. i.]

[Footnote 018: Deut. vi. 4.]

[Footnote 019: Gen. i. 26; iii. 22; xi. 7. Different views have been taken of these passages. Some commentators think the plural forms represent the plural of majesty. There is, however, no indication in the Old Testament or in ancient monumental inscriptions that sovereigns had adopted this style of speech. Nebuchadnezzar and Darius begin their proclamations with the singular first personal pronoun "I"; not with the plural "We" which modern kings assume. On the Moabite stone Mesha uses "I," not "We," throughout the inscription in which he records his achievements. Another view is that Moses, accustomed to hear of the numerous gods of Egypt, used the plural inadvertently. This supposition does not accord with any view of inspiration held by evangelical churches. The interpretation which regards the passages as early indications of the doctrine of the Trinity is simple and natural, and accords with the principle of gradual revelation which is apparent in Scripture.]

[Footnote 020: Job xi. 7.]

[Footnote 021: Deut. xxix. 29.]

[Footnote 022: John x. 30.]

[Footnote 023: John xvii. 5.]

[Footnote 024: See Hodge's _Systematic Theology_, vol. i. p. 444.]

[Footnote 025: Psalm lxxvi. 10.]

[Footnote 026: Rom. viii. 28.]

[Footnote 027: Rom. i. 20.]

[Footnote 028: _Confessions_, Bk. x. chap. vi.]

[Footnote 029: Luke ii. 34.]

[Footnote 030: Acts viii.]

[Footnote 031: 2 Tim. ii. 17.]

[Footnote 032: 2 Tim. i. 15.]

[Footnote 033: See _Landmarks of Church History_, by Professor Cowan, D.D., p. 16.]

[Footnote 034: Isaiah ix. 6.]

[Footnote 035: Matt. i. 21.]

[Footnote 036: Col. iv. 11.]

[Footnote 037: Matt. xxi. 11.]

[Footnote 038: Matt. i. 23.]

[Footnote 039: Acts iv. 12.]

[Footnote 040: Phil. ii. 9-11.]

[Footnote 041: John i. 41.]

[Footnote 042: John iv. 29.]

[Footnote 043: Matt. xvi. 16, 17.]

[Footnote 044: Acts xviii. 28.]

[Footnote 045: John ix. 22.]

[Footnote 046: Psalm xlv. 7; Heb. i. 9.]

[Footnote 047: John xx. 31.]

[Footnote 048: Psalm ii. 7.]

[Footnote 049: Isaiah ix. 6.]

[Footnote 050: John i. 1, 14 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 051: Heb. i. 1-3.]

[Footnote 052: John i. 49.]

[Footnote 053: John xi. 27.]

[Footnote 054: John viii. 58.]

[Footnote 055: Prov. viii. 22, 30.]

[Footnote 056: Matt. xxvi. 63; Mark xiv. 61.]

[Footnote 057: Matt. xxvi. 65, 66.]

[Footnote 058: Matt. xxviii. 6.]

[Footnote 059: John xx. 2.]

[Footnote 060: 1 Cor. xi. 23.]

[Footnote 061: 1 Cor. viii. 6.]

[Footnote 062: Matt. xxviii. 18.]

[Footnote 063: Matt. xi. 27.]

[Footnote 064: John iii. 35.]

[Footnote 065: Phil. ii. 9-11.]

[Footnote 066: Acts x. 36.]

[Footnote 067: Rev. xvii. 14.]

[Footnote 068: Isaiah xxvi. 13.]

[Footnote 069: Ques. 22.]

[Footnote 070: Mark i. 1.]

[Footnote 071: Mark i. 11.]

[Footnote 072: John i. 1-3.]

[Footnote 073: Isaiah vii. 14.]

[Footnote 074: See _The Origin and Connection of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke_, and _The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul_, by Mr. Smith of Jordanhill.]

[Footnote 075: Luke i. 29, ii. 19, 51.]

[Footnote 076: Vol. i. p. 376.]

[Footnote 077: John xix. 26, 27]

[Footnote 078: John v. 31]

[Footnote 079: Col. iii. 11.]

[Footnote 080: Acts x. 35.]

[Footnote 081: 1 Cor. i. 23.]

[Footnote 082: Pearson _On the Creed_, vol. i. p. 337.]

[Footnote 083: 1 Peter iii. 18.]

[Footnote 084: Isaiah liii. 5. In this chapter, which all the earlier Jewish authorities understood to refer to Messiah, there are no fewer than eleven expressions which clearly describe the vicarious character of these sufferings. See _Speaker's Commentary, in loco_.]

[Footnote 085: Luke xii. 50.]

[Footnote 086: John xii. 33.]

[Footnote 087: Matt. xx. 28; xvii. 22; xxvi. 2; John x. 11.]

[Footnote 088: John x. 17.]

[Footnote 089: Isaiah liii. 7.]

[Footnote 090: Matt. xxii. 29.]

[Footnote 091: Luke xxiv. 25, 26.]

[Footnote 092: Matt. ii. 13-15.]

[Footnote 093: John i. 11; John vii. 5; Heb. xii. 3.]

[Footnote 094: Matt. xxvi. 39.]

[Footnote 095: Heb. ii. 10.]

[Footnote 096: Heb. iv. 15.]

[Footnote 097: Gal. iii. 13.]

[Footnote 098: Heb. ix. 22.]

[Footnote 099: 1 Cor. xv. 3.]

[Footnote 100: Rev. v. 6.]

[Footnote 101: Matt. xxvi. 26, 28.]

[Footnote 102: Rom. v. 10.]

[Footnote 103: Col. i. 14.]

[Footnote 104: John x. 17, 18.]

[Footnote 105: 1 Peter ii. 24.]

[Footnote 106: Rom. v. 9.]

[Footnote 107: Rom. iii. 25, 26.]

[Footnote 108: Rom. v. 18, 19.]

[Footnote 109: Rev. i. 18.]

[Footnote 110: Isaiah liii. 8, 9.]

[Footnote 111: Deut. xxi. 22, 23.]

[Footnote 112: John xix. 31.]

[Footnote 113: Mark xv. 46.]

[Footnote 114: Luke xxiii. 53 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 115: Matt. xxvii. 63, 64.]

[Footnote 116: Matt. xxvii. 65, 66.]

[Footnote 117: Luke xvi. 19-26.]

[Footnote 118: Mark xv. 37.]

[Footnote 119: Luke xxiii. 46.]

[Footnote 120: Ques. 50.]

[Footnote 121: Heb ii. 17.]

[Footnote 122: John iii. 13.]

[Footnote 123: Heb. ix. 27.]

[Footnote 124: S.C. Ques. 37.]

[Footnote 125: 1 Peter ii. 24.]

[Footnote 126: Heb. x. 14, 26, 27.]

[Footnote 127: John i.; 1 Tim. iii.]

[Footnote 128: See Principal Stewart's _Handbook of Christian Evidences_, chap. vi.]

[Footnote 129: Jesus appears to have shown Himself during the forty days after His Resurrection at least ten times, viz.--

1. To Mary Magdalene, Mark xvi. 9; John xx. 11-18.

2. To two disciples, Mark xvi. 12; Luke xxiv. 13-32.

3. To Peter on same day, Luke xxiv. 34; Cor. xv. 5.

4. To ten Apostles, Thomas only being absent, John xx. 19-25.

5. To all the Apostles, Mark xvi. 14; John xx. 26-29; 1 Cor. xv. 7.

6. To the women at the sepulchre, Matt, xxviii. 9, 10.

7. To the Apostles, and at this time probably to five hundred others, on a mountain in Galilee, Matt, xxviii. 16-20; 1 Cor. xv. 6.

8. To seven disciples at Tiberias, John xxi. 1-24.

9. To James, 1 Cor. xv. 7.

10. To the Apostles at His Ascension, Mark xvi. 15-18: Luke xxiv. 44-50; Acts i. 4-8; 1 Cor. xv. 7.

These seem to be all the appearances recorded, but there were probably many others, Acts i. 3. After His Ascension He appeared to Saul of Tarsus, Acts ix. 3-18; 1 Cor. xv. 8. He was seen by Stephen also, Acts vii. 55, 56.]

[Footnote 130: Acts ii. 25-32.]

[Footnote 131: John ii. 19.]

[Footnote 132: John xvi. 16.]

[Footnote 133: For proof of this, see Mark xvi. 1; Luke xxiii. 56 and xxiv. 1; Luke xxiv. 11; John xx. 9; John xx. 11-18; Luke xxiv. 13-32; Mark xvi. 13; Luke xxiv. 37, 41; John xx. 25; Mark xvi. 14; Matt. xxviii. 17.]

[Footnote 134: 1 Cor. xv. 14.]

[Footnote 135: 1 Peter i. 3.]

[Footnote 136: Rom. i. 4.]

[Footnote 137: Acts i. 22.]

[Footnote 138: Rom. x. 9.]

[Footnote 139: Acts x. 40, 41.]

[Footnote 140: Acts i. 8.]

[Footnote 141: Matt, xxviii. 20.]

[Footnote 142: Luke xxiv. 50, 51.]

[Footnote 143: Heb. viii. 4.]

[Footnote 144: Heb. ix. 24.]

[Footnote 145: Acts i. 9.]

[Footnote 146: 1 Kings ii. 19; Psalm xvi. 11; Heb. ix. 24.]

[Footnote 147: Ephes. iv. 11, 12.]

[Footnote 148: 2 Cor. v. 20.]

[Footnote 149: Matt. iii. 16; Acts x. 38.]

[Footnote 150: Ephes. i. 22.]

[Footnote 151: Heb. i. 13.]

[Footnote 152: Acts i. 11.]

[Footnote 153: John xiv. 2, 3.]

[Footnote 154: Matt. xvi. 27.]

[Footnote 155: Rev. i. 7.]

[Footnote 156: Matt. xxiv. 36.]

[Footnote 157: Titus ii. 13.]

[Footnote 158: 1 Thess. iv. 16, 17.]

[Footnote 159: 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.]

[Footnote 160: Acts x. 42.]

[Footnote 161: 2 Tim. iv. 1.]

[Footnote 162: John v. 22.]

[Footnote 163: Matt. xii. 35]

[Footnote 164: Matt. x. 26.]

[Footnote 165: Acts xix. 2.]

[Footnote 166: John vii. 39.]

[Footnote 167: Acts xiii. 2.]

[Footnote 168: Acts v. 4.]

[Footnote 169: Rom viii. 11.]

[Footnote 170: 1 Cor. ii. 10.]

[Footnote 171: Ps. cxxxix. 7.]

[Footnote 172: 2 Peter 1, 21.]

[Footnote 173: 2 Tim iii. 16.]

[Footnote 174: Luke i. 35.]

[Footnote 175: John xvi. 15.]

[Footnote 176: John xiv. 17.]

[Footnote 177: 1 Cor. vi. 19.]

[Footnote 178: John xiv. 23.]

[Footnote 179: Ephes. ii. 22.]

[Footnote 180: Rom. viii. 9.]

[Footnote 181: John xxi. 7.]

[Footnote 182: Ephes. i. 14.]

[Footnote 183: Acts v. 29.]

[Footnote 184: 2 Cor. vi. 16; John xvi. 13.]

[Footnote 185: See _The New Testament and its Writers_, by Dr. M'Clymont (Guild Library), p 123, note 1.]

[Footnote 186: Eccles. vii. 20.]

[Footnote 187: Ephes. v. 25-27.]

[Footnote 188: Acts x. 34, 35 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 189: Ephes. ii. 20.]

[Footnote 190: Ephes. iv. 4-6.]

[Footnote 191: 1. Cor. i. 2 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 192: _Epistle to Smyrna_, c. 8.]

[Footnote 193: Acts ix. 32.]

[Footnote 194: 2 Cor. i. 1.]

[Footnote 195: Heb. xii. 23.]

[Footnote 196: Heb. xi. 4.]

[Footnote 197: Rev. vi. 10.]

[Footnote 198: Rom. v. 19]

[Footnote 199: 1 John i. 8.]

[Footnote 200: Ques. 14.]

[Footnote 201: Chap. ix.]

[Footnote 202: Luke xxiv. 47.]

[Footnote 203: Matt. iv. 17.]

[Footnote 204: Acts ii. 38.]

[Footnote 205: Acts v. 31.]

[Footnote 206: 2 Cor. vii. 10.]

[Footnote 207: 1 John i. 8.]

[Footnote 208: Heb. xi. 6.]

[Footnote 209: Rom. v. 1.]

[Footnote 210: James i. 6, 7 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 211: Psalm li. 10.]

[Footnote 212: Titus ii. 12.]

[Footnote 213: Job xix. 25.]

[Footnote 214: Isaiah xxvi. 19.]

[Footnote 215: Dan. xii. 2.]

[Footnote 216: 2 Maccabees, chap. vii.]

[Footnote 217: John xi. 24.]

[Footnote 218: John v. 28, 29.]

[Footnote 219: Matt. xxii. 29.]

[Footnote 220: Rev. xx. 12, 13.]

[Footnote 221: 1 Thess. iv. 15, 17 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 222: 2 Cor. v. 10.]

[Footnote 223: 1 Cor. vi. 14.]

[Footnote 224: John v. 21.]

[Footnote 225: Rom. viii. 11.]

[Footnote 226: 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22.]

[Footnote 227: Rom. vi. 5.]

[Footnote 228: Ephes. v. 23.]

[Footnote 229: Phil. iii. 20, 21 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 230: 1 Thess. v. 23.]

[Footnote 231: Rev. xxii. 11.]

[Footnote 232: Gal. vi. 7.]

[Footnote 233: Rom. vi. 23.]

[Footnote 234: Wisdom, chap. iii. 1-9 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 235: Chap. v. 15, 16 (R.V.).]

[Footnote 236: Col. iii. 4.]

[Footnote 237: John xvii. 3.]

[Footnote 238: 2 Cor. v. 1.]

[Footnote 239: 2 Thess. i. 9.]

[Footnote 240: John v. 24.]

[Footnote 241: Mark x. 30.]

[Footnote 242: 1 Cor. xiii. 12.]

[Footnote 243: 1 John iii. 2.]

[Footnote 244: Rev. vii. 16.]

[Footnote 245: Rev. xxii. 5.]

[Footnote 246: Psalm xvii. 15.]

[Footnote 247: Dan. xii. 3.]

[Footnote 248: Matt. xxii. 30.]

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SOME BOOKS ON THE APOSTLES' CREED OR BEARING UPON ARTICLES THEREOF

1. _The History of the Apostles' Creed_. Anon. 1719.

2. _An Exposition of the Creed_. By John Pearson, D.D., Bishop of Chester. 1820.

3. _An Exposition of the Creed_. By Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow. 1825.

4. _The Creeds of the Church in their Relation to the Word of God_. Hulsean Lecture, 1857. By Charles Anthony Swainson.

5. _Lectures in Divinity_. By George Hill, D.D. Edinburgh, 1837. 4th edition.

6. _The Fatherhood of God_. By Thomas J. Crawford, D.D., Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. 1867.

7. _Theism_, being the Baird Lecture for 1876. By Robert Flint, D.D., Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. 1877.

8. _Anti-Theistic Theories_, being the Baird Lecture for 1877. By Robert Flint, D.D. 1879.

9. _The Historic Faith_. By B.F. Westcott, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Durham. 1883.

10. _The Creeds of Christendom_. By Philip Schaff, D.D., 1877.

11. _The History of the Creeds_. By J. Rawson Lumby, D.D. 1887.

12. _An Exposition of the Apostles' Creed_. By J.E. Yonge, M.A. 1888.

13. _The Foundations of the Creed_. By Harvey Goodwin, D.D., D.C.L., Bishop of Carlisle. 1889.

14. _Outlines of Christian Doctrine_. By the Rev. H.C.G. Moule, M.A. 1889.

15. _The Faith of the Gospel_. By Arthur James Mason, B.D. 1889.

16. _Rudiments of Theology_. By John Pilkington Norris, D.D.

17. _The Creed in Scotland_. By James Rankin, D.D. 1890.

18. _The Apostles' Creed_. Sermons by Robert Eyton. 1890.

19. _Christian Theism_. By C.A. Row, M.A. 1890.

20. _Christianity in Relation to Science and Morals_. By Malcolm MacColl, M.A. 1891.

21. _Primary Convictions_. By William Alexander, D.C.L., Bishop of Derry. 1893.

22. _The Apostles' Creed, its Relation to Primitive Christianity_. By H.B. Swete, D.D. 1894.

23. _The Nicene Creed_. By H.M. Thomson, M.A. 1894.

24. _Dissertations on Subjects connected with the Incarnation_. By Charles Gore, M.A. 1895.

25. _Defence of the Christian Faith_. By Professor F. Godet. 1895.

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