- 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.
- 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. - 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. - Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists of Wales, 1823
Adopted at the Associations of Aberystwyth and Bala in the year 1823 - 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. - Council of Chalcedon (451 AD)
Sets forth the normative theological standard concerning the two natures of Jesus Christ (divine and human) commonly refered to as the "hypostatic union," thus rejecting various Christological heresies. - The Athanasian Creed (ca. 500-600)
An early church creed dealing with the Trinity - "we worship One God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity" - and the nature of the incarnation. - 67 Theses or Conclusions
Ulrich Zwingli - These Theses of Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) were publically discussed and successfully defended at the religious conference in Zurich, Jan. 29, 1523, and prepared the way for the introduction of the Reformation in German Switzerland. - A Faith to Confess: The Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
Founders Ministries - Rewritten in Modern English - 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. - Apostles' Creed
The Apostles' Creed (in Latin, Symbolum Apostolorum), is an early statement of Christian belief, possibly from the first or second century, but more likely post-Nicene Creed in the early 4th Century AD. - Athanasian Creed
The longest and most philosophical of the ecumenical creeds with forty individual clauses. Formally and explicitly sets forth the orthodox doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation. Rejects polytheism, modalism and Arianism. - Augsburg Confession (1530)
(pdf) - Belgic Confession of Faith
Soli Deo Gloria - Full text document. - 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. - Confession of Faith
Calvinistic Methodists - Confession of Faith
Calvinistic Methodists of Wales (1823) - Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists or the Presbyterians of Wales (1823)
Full text document. - Formula Consensus Helvetica (1675)
The Helvetic Consensus (Formula Consensus Ecclesiarum Helveticarum) is a Swiss Reformed symbol drawn up in 1675 to guard against doctrines taught at the French academy of Saumur, especially Amyraldism. - Heidelberg Catechism
Soli Deo Gloria - Full text document. - If You Believe in the Apostles' Creed, Do You Have Authentic Faith?
J.W. Hendryx - London Baptist Confession of 1689
Full text document. - Martin Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences - 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. - Martin Luther's Smaller Catechism (1529)
Luther's Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin Luther; translation by Robert E. Smith. - Nicene Creed (325 AD)
Same basic focus and doctrinal content as the Apostles Creed but more theologically technical. The church fathers formulated the Nicene Creed in large part to address the Arian heresy that denied the unqualified deity of Jesus Christ. - Second Helvetic Confession (1561/1566)
Full text document broken into individual chapters along with a historical introduction. - Second Helvetic Confession (1561/1566)
Full text document. - The 1677/89 London Baptist Confession of Faith
Soli Deo Gloria - Full text document. - The Abstract of Principles (1859)
Part of the original charter of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary adopted in 1858. - The Book of Concord: The Lutheran Confessions of 1529-1580
Extensive resource of Lutheran Confessions and theology. - The Book Of Discipline (1587)
The Sacred Discipline of the Church, Described in the Word Of God. - 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 French Confession of 1559
The French subjects who wish to live in the purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ - 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 Heads of Agreement (1691)
Free Church of Scotland - The Irish Articles of Religion 1615
ARTICLES OF RELIGION agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops and the rest of the clergy of Ireland - The Lambeth Articles. A.D. 1595
from Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom, Vol. III. pp. 523-524. - The Lanark Declaration (1681)
The Act and Apologetic Declaration of the True Presbyterians of the Church of Scotland - 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 Philadelphia Baptist Catechism (1742)
Early American Baptist catechism, full text. - The Queensferry Paper (1680)
Confessional document of the Scottish Covenanters, followers of Richard Cameron. - The Savoy Platform (1658)
Congregational version of the Westminster Confession. - The Ten Theses of Berne 1528
The holy Christian Church, whose only Head is Christ, is born of the Word of God, and abides in the same, and listens not to the voice of a stranger. - 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 Waldenses Confession (1120)
Full text document. - Westminster Confession of Faith
Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics - Full text version of the original confession with footnoted proof-texts. - Westminster Confession of Faith
Soli Deo Gloria - Full text version of the original confession with Latin parallel. - Yesterday, Today and Forever
Peter Toon Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity in the Teaching of the Seven Ecumenical Councils - Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines
Philip Schaff - from The Creeds of Christendom Vol. I. The History of Creeds
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