The main question within Canon and Creed that Jenson sets to answer is: how does the present church’s identity have any continuity to the message of the living witnesses of Jesus? Jenson insists the canon and creed create the continuity for the community. More formally, Jenson argues that, as connecting puzzle pieces, canon and creed were developed by the Spirit’s guidance, in order to be a complete “guardian of the church’s temporal self-identity” (41). Jenson goes about answering this question by dividing the book into three sections: central concerns, extensions, and creed/dogma and Scriptural exegesis. In lieu of these sections, a trace of the argument will follow the same pattern, covering the depth and breadth of Jenson’s book. Broadly
