The creeds and confessions expand and develop over the entire existence of the church. A creed is a concise declaration or confession of beliefs that outlines the essential truths of the Christian faith. They progress from simple statements in the bible, to brief statements like the Nicene Creed, to complex confessions like the Westminster Confession of Faith. The following are hand selected among the thousands of creeds that have been written.
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The Ecumenical Creeds (in .pdf format)
Apostle's Creed c.200 – Nicene Creed 325 – Athanasian Creed c.500 – Chalcedonian Creed 451 – Council of Orange - 529
The Creeds of the Reformed church (in .pdf format)
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67 Sixty Seven Articles 1523 – The Ten Theses of Berne 1526 – The First Confession of Basle. A.D. 1534 – Helvetic Formulation 1675 -- The Second Helvetic Confessions 1562 – The Catechism of Geneva. A.D. 1536 and 1541 – The Consensus of Tigurinus Zurich. A.D. 1549 – The Helvetic Consensus Formula. A.D. 1675 –
French
Gallican/French Confession of Faith 1559 – The Belgic Confession. A.D. 1561 – Canons of Dort 1618-1619 –
German
The Tetrapolitan, Strasburg or the Swabian Confession 1530 – Heidelberg Catechism 1563 – The Waldensian Catechism 1488 – The Bohemian Confession 1521, 1535 –
England
The Ten Articles 1536 – The Six Articles 1539 – The Thirteen Articles 1538 – 39 Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion 1571 – Book of Common Prayer 1549 – The Lambeth Articles of 1595 – The Irish Articles 1615 –
The creeds of the Lutheran church (in .pdf format)
95 Ninety-Five Theses – Augsburg Confession 1530 – Luther’s Large Catechism 1526 – Luther’s Small Catechism 1529 – Smalcald Articles 1537 – Formula of Concord – Book of Concord –
The creeds of the Presbyterian church (in .pdf format)
The Scotch Confession of Faith 1560 – The National Covenant or Second Scotch Confession 1581 and 1638 – The Westminster Confession of Faith 1643-1649 - The Westminster Larger Catechism 1643-1649 – The Westminster Shorter Catechism 1643-1649 – Confession of 1967 – Lanark Declaration 1682 – The Book of Church Order 2013 – 2015 –
Baptist Schleitheim Confession (Annabaptist) 1527 – Dordrecht (Mennonite) Confession of Faith 1632 – London Baptist Confession of 1644 – London Baptist of Faith 1689 – New Hampshire Confession of Faith (Baptist) 1833 – Abstract of Principles (Baptist) 1858 – The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 –
Congregational Savoy Declaration 1658 –
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Catechism Trainer: 5 Reformed Catechisms
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For a history of the creeds, see Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom, part 1 and Part 2
Other creeds of the Modern Church (.in .pdf format)
Lausanne Covenant - Int'l Congress on World Evangelism 1974
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 1978
Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics 1982
Chicago Statement on Biblical Application 1986
Danver's Statement on role of men and women 1987
Lausanne Covenant II - Manila Manifesto 1989
The Gospel of Jesus Christ - An Evangelical Celebration 1999
The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel
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Reformed Creeds and Supplementary Resources (eBooks)
Alleine, Joseph A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism
Ames, William The Substance of the Christian Religion
Baptist Divines The London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
Boston, Thomas An Illustration of the Doctrines of Christian Religion (eBook)
Boston, Thomas An Explication of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (eBook)
Bres, Guy D. The Belgic Confession of Faith
Bullinger, Heinrich The Second Helvetic Confession
Calvin, John The Geneva Catechism
Dickson, David Truth's Victory Over Error: A Commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith
Dort, Synod The Canons of Dort
Fisher, James The Assembly's Shorter Catechism Explained
Flavel, John An Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (eBook)
Good, James I. Aid to the Heidelberg Catechism
Hetherington, William Maxwell History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines
Hodge, A. A. The Westminster Confession: A Commentary
Hodge, A. A. The System of Theology Contained in the Westminster Shorter Catechism
Shaw, Robert The Reformed Faith: An Exposition Of The Westminster Confession Of Faith
Ursinus, Zacharias The Three Forms of Unity
Ursinus, Zacharia Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism
Vincent, Thomas The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture
Watson, Thomas A Body of Divinity
Westminster Divines, The Westminster Confession of Faith: Edinburgh Edition
Westminster Divines The Westminster Shorter Catechism
Westminster Shorter Catechism (Introduction), Catechism for Young Children
Tosti, J. A. Westminster's Shortest Catechism
Westminster Divines Westminster Larger Catechism
Westminster Confession (Study Guides & Resources by chapter)
Witsius, Herman Sacred Dissertations on the Apostles' Creed (eBook)