ABSTRACT
Christianity is first of all a historical religion, not simply in the sense that it has a history but in its conviction that God has decisively acted and made himself known in history. While creeds are an attempt to give articulate, intelligible expression to Christian faith, they, at least the great ones, are not intellectualistic. The confession of faith is an essential moment in the life of a Christian. The catechetical method had the advantage not only of providing clear and precise statements of Christian theology, but also of raising the important questions and in particular the questions for which Christian faith is the answer. The awareness that every creed is a human achievement and subject to limitation by man's finiteness and sinfulness is the source of a truly Christian liberalism. The Church has the task not simply of the reformation of the world but also of the reformation of itself.
