I am spending this Christmas night preparing for a Sunday School lesson on the Apostles’ Creed. In the course of my studying, I came across William Perkins’ exposition of the Creed and have been enjoying it and profiting from it. If you are not familiar with Perkins, he was an early Puritan in England, perhaps most famous for writing what is one of, if not the, first books truly tackling the subject of preaching. That book, the Arte of Prophesying, is one of the best books on preaching I have ever read. My systematic theology professor often quoted Perkins’ definition of theology: ‘Theology is the science of living blessedly forever.’
With that said, I wanted to save and share Perkins’ treatment of the Apostles’ Creed, which is available for free online at the link below:
