Books explaining the Nicene Creed?

[jbach]

I’m writing a paper for a religion class on the Nicene Creed, from the perspective of my own religious tradition (Catholic, obv) and was wondering if anyone knew of a good book-length exposition of the Nicene Creed? I know there’s some good ones out there going through the Apostles’ Creed step-by-step (Ratzinger, Ronald Knox, etc.) but I haven’t been able to find anything on the Nicene Creed specifically. Does Aquinas hit it step-by-step in the Summa?

 

[Evan]

The first pillar of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is the Nicene Creed. So you could just read section 1 of the catechism.

 

[Cristiano]

The first pillar of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is the Nicene Creed. So you could just read section 1 of the catechism.

Very good point. All the major catechisms start with the creed for example see the Catechism of Pius X, or the Catechism of Trent, or The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is an evolution of the catechetical work based on the creed.