Asserting vs. Explaining

On Trinity Sunday yesterday, I worshipped at the church of my son-in-law, the Rev. Ned Moerbe, who made a useful distinction between “asserting” and “explaining.” The Athanasian Creed, he observed, asserts the doctrine of the Trinity.  It does not explain it.  Confessions of faith, doctrinal formulations, and Scripture itself have that same revelatory quality.  They [Read More...]