This volume brings together in one compilation three classic books from the Church of England's Doctrine Commission:

• We believe in God (1987)
• We believe in the Holy Spirit (1991)
• The mystery of salvation (1996)

Stephen Sykes, Chair of the Doctrine Commission, has provided an extensive foreword and commentary on the three books setting them within their historical context and exploring the theological background to the original publications. A comprehensive index has also been incorporated which provides a helpful tool for locating important doctrinal comment by key scholars including Rowan Williams, Richard Bauckham, Christina Baxter and John Polkinghorne.

Complete contents list:

Acknowledgements
Members of the Doctrine Commission
Foreword by Stephen Sykes

We Believe in God
Chairman’s preface
1 Towards a doctrine of God
2 God and our ways of knowing
3 God, language and personality
4 The God of the Bible
5 The God of Jesus
6 The God of the disciples
7 God as Trinity: an approach through prayer
8 God known through encounter and response
9 The God in whom we trust

We Believe in the Holy Spirit
Chairman’s preface
1 Introduction
2 Charismatic experience: praying ‘in the spirit’
3 Is this that?
4 The Spirit of Jesus
5 Spirit, sacraments and structures
6 The Spirit and power
7 The Spirit of truth
v8 The Spirit and creation
9 The Spirit and creativity
10 The Holy Spirit and the future

The Mystery of Salvation
Foreword
1 Posing the problem
2 The giver and the gift
3 Saving history
4 The story of the saviour
5 Retelling the story
6 Receiving the gift
7 Christ and world faiths
8 Ending the story
Conclusion: that nothing be lost

Appendix: Salvation and the Anglican heritage
Notes
Index of biblical references
General index

A sample chapter from The Mystery of Salvation is available to download.