Doctrines Oden Affirms

Oden's method is explicitly to present what the whole church has believed, always, everywhere, and by all (the Vincentian Canon). Unlike a doctrinal debate chart, this chart lists what Oden presents as settled ecumenical consensus — doctrines he argues are not merely his personal opinion but the received, tested, repeatedly confirmed teaching of orthodox Christianity across East, West, Catholic, and Protestant traditions. These are the doctrines he would say every Christian is called to receive and confess.