Judgments in Scripture and the Creed

Church Podmatics

In this episode we discuss the 2021 Modern Theology article by Darren Sarisky: "Judgments in Scripture and the Creed: Reflections on Identity and Difference".
In 1994 David Yeago published an article that has been influential for the recovery of theological exegesis. Introducing a distinction between judgments and concepts, Yeago argues that, when viewed properly, the creeds are saying the same thing as the biblical texts themselves. Now Sarisky attempts to think both with and against Yeago. He attempts to bring further nuance to the way in which the church's creedal statements might be said to be both similar and different to the biblical texts. But this more nuanced account of the positive relationship between canon and creed only works, Sarisky argues, if we abandon the postliberal and ecumenical ecclesiology of Yeago in favour of a Reformed account of the Spirit's relation to the church and its practices and traditions.