Pilgrim Grow: The Creeds: Book 5 (Grow Stage)
By Steven Croft
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Steven Croft is the Bishop of Sheffield. From 2004 to 2009 he was Archbishops Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions. Former warden of Cranmer Hall, he spent 13 years in parish ministry.
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Pilgrim Grow - Steven Croft
A COURSE FOR THE CHRISTIAN JOURNEY
THE CREEDS
STEPHEN COTTRELL
STEVEN CROFT
PAULA GOODER
ROBERT ATWELL
Contributions from
MARY GREGORY
MARTYN SNOW
GRAHAM TOMLIN
JANE WILLIAMS
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ISBN 978 0 7151 4444 2
Published 2014 by Church House Publishing
Copyright © 2014 Stephen Cottrell, Steven Croft, Robert Atwell and Paula Gooder
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The opinions expressed in this book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the General Synod or The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England.
Scripture quotations from
The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Revised English Bible © Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970.
Material from Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England including the Psalter is copyright © The Archbishops’ Council 2000–2008 and is used with permission.
Cover and contents design by David McNeill, Revo Design.
Printed in Great Britain by Ashford Colour Press, Gosport, Hampshire
CONTENTS
Welcome to Pilgrim
About the Authors and Contributors
Introduction to The Creeds
The Apostles’ Creed
The Nicene Creed
The Lord’s Prayer
Session One: What are the Creeds?
Session Two: God as Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Session Three: Fully God and fully human
Session Four: Crucified, risen and ascended
Session Five: I believe in the Holy Spirit
Session Six: One, holy, catholic and apostolic Church
Notes
WELCOME TO PILGRIM
Welcome to this course of exploration into the truth of the Christian faith as it has been revealed in Jesus Christ and lived out in his Church down through the centuries.
The aim of this course is to help people explore what it means to be disciples of Jesus Christ. From the very beginning of his ministry Jesus called people to follow him and become his disciples. The first disciples were called to be with Jesus and to be sent out (Mark 3.14). The Church in every generation shares in the task of helping others hear Christ’s call to follow him and to live in his service.
The Pilgrim material consists of two groups of four short courses. The Follow stage is designed for those who are beginning to explore the faith and what following Jesus will mean. It focuses on four great texts that have been particularly significant to Christian people from the earliest days of the Church:
The Baptismal Questions (drawn from the Creeds)
The Lord’s Prayer
The Beatitudes
The Commandments
The Follow stage is a beginning in the Christian journey. There is much still to be learned. The four courses in the Grow stage – of which this is one – aim to take you further and deeper, building on the Follow stage. They focus on:
The Creeds
The Eucharist (and the whole life of prayer and worship)
The Bible
The Church and the kingdom (living your whole life as a disciple)
We hope that, in the Grow stage, people will learn the essentials for a life of discipleship. We hope that you will do this in the company of a small group of fellow travellers: people like you who want to find out more about the Christian faith and are considering its claims and challenges.
The material in the Grow stage can also be used by people who have been Christians for many years, as a way of deepening their discipleship.
We have designed the material in the Grow stage so that it can be led by the members of the group: you don’t need an expert or a teacher to guide you through. Pilgrim aims to help you learn by encouraging you to practise the ancient disciplines of biblical reflection and prayer which have always been at the heart of the living out of Christian faith.
The format is similar to the Follow stage. Each book has six sessions and, in each session, you will find:
a