Over on Per Christum, this interesting post was noticed.Public Radio's interview with the late theologian. Here’s a transcript of an excerpt I found particularly quotable:
Tippet: So, what is it about Christianity that has needed creeds?
Pelikan: Well, what it is about religious faith that needs creed is that religious faith in general, prayer addressed to “to whom it may concern”, sentiment about some transcendent dimension otherwise undefined does not have any staying power. It’s OK to have that at ten o’clock on a Sunday morning when you’re out with your friends somewhere, but in the darkest hours of life you gotta believe something specific. And that specification is the task of the creed. Because, much as some people may not like it, to believe one thing is also to disbelieve another.
Tippet: *curtly* Huh.
Pelikan: To say yes is also to say no.
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