Creeds and Confessions are written summaries of the Christian faith. Different Creeds and Confessions have different reasons for coming into existence, and they don’t always agree with each other 100% of the time. However, they divulge the truth of the Christian faith in the essentials.
Early Christian Creeds
- Apostles’ Creed
- Nicene Creed (A.D. 325)
- Athanasian Creed (A.D. 500)
- Chalcedonian Creed (A.D. 451)
- Canons on the Council of Orange (A.D. 529)
- Statement of faith of the 3rd Council of Constantinople (A.D. 681)
Reformation Confessions
- Luther’s 95 Theses (A.D. 1517)
- Augsburg Confession (A.D. 1530)
- Belgic Confession (A.D. 1561)
- Heidelberg Catechism (A.D. 1576)
- Canons of Dort (A.D. 1619)
- Westminster Confession (A.D. 1647)
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (A.D. 1647)
- Waldensian Confession (A.D. 1655)
- Second London Baptist Confession (A.D. 1689)
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