The Confessions, Catechisms & Creeds
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Heidelberg CatechismA warm, personal catechism in 129 questions on guilt, grace, and gratitude.129 sectionsBelgic ConfessionAn early Reformed confession of 37 articles, a doctrinal standard of the Dutch Reformed churches.37 sectionsCanons of DortThe synod's reply to Arminianism, setting out the five points now summarized as TULIP.64 sectionsWestminster Confession of FaithThe landmark confession of English-speaking Presbyterianism, in 33 chapters.33 sectionsWestminster Shorter CatechismA concise catechism for instruction, famous for its opening on man's chief end.107 sectionsWestminster Larger CatechismA fuller companion to the Shorter Catechism, expounding the faith and the Ten Commandments.196 sectionsScots ConfessionScotland's first Reformed confession, drafted by John Knox and five colleagues in 1560.26 sectionsSecond Helvetic ConfessionHeinrich Bullinger's mature, widely-adopted confession of the Swiss Reformed churches.30 sectionsLondon Baptist Confession (1689)A Reformed Baptist confession modeled on Westminster, affirming believer's baptism.32 sectionsEcumenical CreedsThe ancient creeds confessed across the church: Apostles', Nicene, Athanasian, and Chalcedonian.4 sectionsThe Cambridge DeclarationA 1996 call from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals to recover the five Solas.7 sections