What is the Apostles Creed? (In 90 Seconds)

Many churches affirm the Apostles Creed from the early church or Patristic period. But who wrote the Apostles Creed? Did the 12 apostles of Jesus write the Apostles Creed or someone else? This 90 second (or so) video explains how the Apostles Creed was written in the early centuries of the Christian church.
Ryan M. Reeves (PhD Cambridge) is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Twitter: / ryanmreeves Instagram: / ryreeves4

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  • @glenallen8225
    @glenallen82257 жыл бұрын

    I just found you.love it thank you for you good work ! = )

  • @garyschwitz3383
    @garyschwitz33836 жыл бұрын

    Again, wonderful summary!

  • @fentonreese6935
    @fentonreese69357 жыл бұрын

    thanks Ryan,prayers

  • @theVelvetAlley
    @theVelvetAlley7 жыл бұрын

    thanks Ryan. suggestion: doctrine of the Church. to have a reference point for folks who like to say "organized religion" all the time.

  • @rovingwolverine5786
    @rovingwolverine57867 жыл бұрын

    i do love the outro music

  • @GaryHorn
    @GaryHorn7 жыл бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @briannolder716
    @briannolder7167 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Reeves: I believe you want "Apostles' Creed" (plural possessive) rather than "Apostle's Creed." Really enjoy your videos.

  • @RyanReevesM

    @RyanReevesM

    7 жыл бұрын

    Typically there is no apostrophe given, though it's a matter of taste. I went with nothing for the sake of simplicity. :))

  • @RyanReevesM

    @RyanReevesM

    7 жыл бұрын

    Actually I MEANT to go with nothing but see now it was autocorrected. Fixed now! :)

  • @briannolder716

    @briannolder716

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Reeves : the video itself still has the apostrophe. Fyi

  • @davidlemaster2034
    @davidlemaster20347 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Reeves is very good....and I love his videos, they're so well done. But you can tell that he is certainly not Catholic because he never refers to the earliest church as Catholic, as it most certainly was.

  • @RyanReevesM

    @RyanReevesM

    7 жыл бұрын

    I never refer to it as Roman because it does not fit any historical definition of what would come later. But Catholic understanding of the development of church roles, etc. agrees that not everything is there from the beginning.

  • @Mario_1611
    @Mario_16115 жыл бұрын

    You lied about the length of the video. How am I supposed to trust the content aren't all lies too? 😂😂

  • @rovingwolverine5786
    @rovingwolverine57867 жыл бұрын

    apparently the apostle's creed is going on safari to hunt lions

  • @RickHawkDavison
    @RickHawkDavison7 жыл бұрын

    What I don't get is all ritual aspects to Christianity, when Jeshua walked the earth, there was no vetting process a year long, or even memorized creeds? I seem to recall, The Messiah speaking out on ritualistic prayers.

  • @LeviPaladin

    @LeviPaladin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jesus told us not to pray with empty repetition, but he also gave us the Lord's prayer to be repeated on a daily basis. Your statement "I seem to recall, The Messiah speaking out on ritualistic prayers" is a summary of what scripture says, just as the Apostle's Creed is a summary: with the exception that the creed is more accurate and goes along with the spirit of scripture better.

  • @lorenzoc.b.9809
    @lorenzoc.b.98097 жыл бұрын

    Those were like 140 seconds, not 90. Too long!!

  • @RyanReevesM

    @RyanReevesM

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know! I'm sorry! "In 90 Seconds-ish" just doesn't sound as good....:)

  • @lorenzoc.b.9809

    @lorenzoc.b.9809

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ryan Reeves I'm kidding. Actually I think your videos are too short

  • @peacedudes12

    @peacedudes12

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's 90 seconds if you play at 2x speed =)

  • @jenna2431
    @jenna24317 жыл бұрын

    Christians always a creedal bunch? Well, they might in fact have been but that's not supported by Scripture. There are no examples of any convert doing that. I don't get the mindset of the early "fathers" who decided that to depart from the writings available was a good thing. "Let's make this thing up as we go along" was THEIR creed.

  • @LeviPaladin

    @LeviPaladin

    7 жыл бұрын

    The creed is a summary of scriptural beliefs. Which part do you specifically disagree with?

  • @jenna2431

    @jenna2431

    7 жыл бұрын

    With the part that nobody had to say a creed in the entirety of the bible. Suddenly it's a thing? And any part of a creed that disagrees with scripture is an error. Cite me any case when Yahweh or the one they call "Jesus" required a creed. No. What was required was adherence to the Scripture. It was only in light of anti-Semitism that the Torah was discounted and "done away with" and now you needed to have creeds to tell you what to think.

  • @LeviPaladin

    @LeviPaladin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jenna Caruthers Who is saying that you have to "say a creed?" And they don't "tell you what to think." They summarize beliefs that are based in scripture. Which words of the Apostle's creed do you disagree with specifically?

  • @jenna2431

    @jenna2431

    7 жыл бұрын

    To dignify your question--since you didn't read what I wrote about it: We are to worship in spirit and in truth, right? Well, it's said to have been written by all the apostles, right? Can you know that for sure? No, you can't. So even the name is off. Now you get to answer a question: Who in Scripture said a creed? Reeves' video make it sound axiomatic to learn the creed as a condition of baptism. What creed did Yahshua, known as "Jesus" say? Don't take it on say-so that adding to or taking away from Scripture is okay.

  • @LeviPaladin

    @LeviPaladin

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jenna Caruthers I did read what you said, you're being uncharitable. Yes, we are to worship *in spirit and in truth* because *God is spirit,* but what does that have to do with words describing belief? No one should worship creeds or even the Bible. "Can you know that for sure?" So what? I don't care if it was written by the apostles or not. Either what it states is true or it isn't. Now answer my question, which words contained in the Apostles' Creed are false? The New Testament was written in Greek so "Jesus" which is the English pronunciation of "Ἰησοῦς" is fine. Can you even pronounce "Yahshua" the way that He did? I didn't think so. "Don't take it on say-so that adding to or taking away from Scripture is okay." Unless you're quoting the entire Bible every time you exegete you're taking away from scripture and if you say anything except for _precisely_ what scripture says (that includes using an interpretation not written in the original language) you're taking away from scripture...but that's not what the verse is stating. Just like you're summarizing, the creed is a summarization of truths written in scripture. Do you even know what the creed says?