The quarrel over Origen between two old friends: Rufinus's prefaces and his Apology to Anastasius and Apronianus, Jerome's three books against Rufinus, and Rufinus's Commentary on the Apostles' Creed, the earliest full explanation of the creed. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
Commentary on the Apostles' Creed
1Preface to the Commentary on the Apostles’ Creed2Rufinus Agrees to Explain the Creed3How the Apostles Composed the Creed4Why the Creed Begins with “I Believe”5What “God” and “Father” Mean6One God, Almighty and Invisible7The Names Jesus and Christ8No Comparison Fits in Every Point9The Only Son and the One Lord10Born from the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary11The Whole Trinity at the Conception12Answering the Pagans Who Mock the Virgin Birth13Why Being Born Did Not Defile God14The Soul Between God and the Flesh15Why the Cross Was Chosen16How the Cross Stripped the Rebel Powers17The Bait and the Hook18The King Who Went into the Prison19Under Pontius Pilate, and the Descent into Hell20The Cross to Jews, Gentiles and Christians21The Betrayal Foretold22Before Pilate and Herod23The Crowd, the Silence and the Crown of Thorns24Blood and Water from His Side25Darkness at Midday26His Garments and the Scarlet Robe27Vinegar, Gall and Myrrh28His Death and Burial Foretold29He Descended into Hell30The Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead31The Resurrection in the Prophets32He Ascended into Heaven33At the Right Hand of the Father34He Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead35The Coming of Christ and the Antichrist36And in the Holy Spirit37The Holy Church, Forgiveness, and Resurrection38The Books of the Old and New Testaments39Church Books and Apocrypha40The One Holy Church41The Forgiveness of Sins42The Resurrection of the Flesh43How Can Scattered Flesh Be Gathered Again?44The Resurrection of This Flesh45Ezekiel and Job on the Resurrection46The Resurrection of This Very Flesh47The Glory of the Righteous48From Earth to Flesh, from Flesh to Spirit49Summing Up the Creed