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"God, by bringing you under my ministry, hath given me the charge of your souls; and God, by bringing persons into your families, hath given you a charge of their souls. Our charge is great, and to be guilty of the ruin of souls is dreadful. Happy shall we be, if we be found faithful to our own and others’ souls, in the great day of accounts. Too many, even in our nation and city perish and run blindfold into hell, for want of knowledge; and the most are without knowledge, for want of instruction; and as no way of instruction doth convey clearer light of distinct knowledge in the principles of religion than the way of catechising, so the neglect of this in ministers and masters of families is such a sin of unfaithfulness unto the souls of them that are under their charge, that all of us should take heed we have it not to answer for at the appearance of our Lord. It is not sufficient for you to bring your children and servants to receive public instruction; but it is your duty also to instruct them privately, and at home to examine them in their catechisms."

- from Thomas Vincent’s dedication in his The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture

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Title	Notes
The Cambridge Declaration (1996)	Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals - Embraces the "essential truths of Christianity as those were defined by the great ecumenical councils of the church" and the "solas" of the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation.
Canons of the Council of Orange (529 AD)	The Council of Orange grew out of the controversy between Augustine and Pelagius. It rejected Semi-Pelagian theology and greatly influenced the Reformed doctrines of total depravity and divine monergism in regeneration.
Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics	For two years plans were laid and papers were written on themes relating to hermeneutical principles and practices. The culmination of this effort has been a meeting in Chicago on November 10-13, 1982 at which the statement was composed and signed.
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy with Exposition	The "Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy" was produced at an international Summit Conference of evangelical leaders, held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago in the fall of 1978. was signed by nearly 300 noted evangelical scholars.
Anathemas of the Second Council of Constantinople (553 AD)	Called to resolve certain questions that were raised by the Definition of Chalcedon , the most important of which had to do with the unity of the two natures, God and man, is Jesus Christ.
The Common Principles of the Christian Religion	Hugh Binning
If You Believe in the Apostles' Creed, Do You Have Authentic Faith?	J.W. Hendryx
Yesterday, Today and Forever	Peter Toon Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Seven Ecumenical Councils
Confession of Faith	Calvinistic Methodists
Confession of Faith	Calvinistic Methodists of Wales (1823)
What Really Happened At Nicea?	James R. White
The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1571)	The defining statements of Anglican doctrine. They were issued by the Convocation of clergy of the Church of England in 1571 and are printed in the Book of Common Prayer and other Anglican prayer books.
The New Hampshire Baptist Confession (1833)	Adopted by the New Hampshire Convention, and widely accepted by Baptists, especially in the Northern and Western States, as a clear and concise statement of their faith, in harmony with the doctrines of older confessions, but expressed in milder form.
The Abstract of Principles (1859)	Part of the original charter of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary adopted in 1858.
The Queensferry Paper (1680)	Confessional document of the Scottish Covenanters, followers of Richard Cameron.
The Waldenses Confession (1120)	Full text document.
The Book Of Discipline (1587)	The Sacred Discipline of the Church, Described in the Word Of God.
The Goat Yard Declaration of Faith (1729)	A Declaration of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ at Horsely-down, under the Pastoral Care of Mr. John Gill.
The Philadelphia Baptist Catechism (1742)	Early American Baptist catechism, full text.
The Lanark Declaration (1681)	The Act and Apologetic Declaration of the True Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland
The Savoy Platform (1658)	Congregational version of the Westminster Confession.
The Cambridge Platform (1648)	A declaration of principles of church government and discipline, forming a constitution of the Congregational churches. Adopted by a church synod at Cambridge, MA, and remains the basis of the temporal government of the churches.
The Heads of Agreement (1691)	Free Church of Scotland
Martin Luther's Smaller Catechism (1529)	Luther's Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin Luther; translation by Robert E. Smith.
Martin Luther's Large Catechism (1530)	The Large Catechism is an expansion of the Short Catechism through a collection and revision of several of Luther's sermons. Both catechisms were incorporated into the Book of Concord.
Augsburg Confession (1530)	(pdf)
The Book of Concord: The Lutheran Confessions of 1529-1580	Extensive resource of Lutheran Confessions and theology.
Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists or the Presbyterians of Wales (1823)	Full text document.
A Faith to Confess: The Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689	Founders Ministries - Rewritten in Modern English
London Baptist Confession of 1689	Full text document.
Second Helvetic Confession (1561/1566)	Full text document broken into individual chapters along with a historical introduction.
Canons of Dort (1619)	The Canons of Dordrecht, formally titled The Decision of the Synod of Dort on the Five Main Points of Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands; it was the first formal declaration of the so-called five points of Calvinism.
Westminster Confession of Faith	Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics - Full text version of the original confession with footnoted proof-texts.
Ancient Creeds - Texts and Notes	Four formal creeds have become known as the ecumenical creeds of Christendom. These creeds, which were formulated at various points in church history, include the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, and the Creed of Chalcedon.