Hi, Stephen. These are more modern legal distinctions you're referring to that are hard to apply to the creeds, which are part of the canonical tradition of the Church. With that said, using those categories, I believe the authority of the creeds is closer to the originalist sense. David Wisener's post on canonical theism may interest you. https://theearnestwesleyan.substack.com/p/moving-beyond-the-wesleyan-quadrilateral
As a wesleyan do you see creeds as normative in a more originalist or living document sort of sense?
Hi, Stephen. These are more modern legal distinctions you're referring to that are hard to apply to the creeds, which are part of the canonical tradition of the Church. With that said, using those categories, I believe the authority of the creeds is closer to the originalist sense. David Wisener's post on canonical theism may interest you. https://theearnestwesleyan.substack.com/p/moving-beyond-the-wesleyan-quadrilateral