A Selection of Historic Creeds,
Confessions, and Catechisms

(Updated 05/05/06 )

The Use of Creeds | Creeds from the Bible | Creeds from the Early Church Era
Documents During and After the Reformation | Catechisms

 The Use of Creeds

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  1. Creeds & Confessions ~ A.A. Hodge

 Creeds from the Bible

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  1. Statements of Faith

 Creeds from the Early Church Era

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  1. The Apostles' Creed: with notes by James E. Kiefer.
  2. Nicene Creed (325 AD): with notes by James E. Kiefer.
  3. Notes on the Filioque Clause Controversy
  4. The Church in the Nicene Creed
  5. The Definition of Chalcedon (451 AD)
  6. The Athanasian Creed (c 500 AD)
  7. Canons of the Council of Orange (529 AD)
  8. Anathemas of the 2nd Council of Constantinople (533 AD)
  9. Creeds and Statements from the period after 600 AD
    Statement from the 3rd Council of Constantinople (681 AD)
    Statement from the Synod of Constantinople (753 AD)
    Confession from the Council of Nicea (787 AD)
 Documents During and After the Reformation

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  1. The 95 Theses This document contains an English translation of the 95 Theses nailed to door of the Wittenburg Church by Martin Luther, the German Reformer.

  2. Documents of the Protestant Reformation

  3. The Canons of Dort (1618 A.D.)

  4. The Belgic Confession (1618 A.D.) ~ Presbyterian and covenantal

  5. The 1644 London Baptist Confession of Faith ~ Consistent with New Covenant Theology

  6. The 1646 London Baptist Confession of Faith ~ Consistent with New Covenant Theology

  7. The 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith ~ Presbyterian and covenantal

  8. The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith ~ Baptist and covenantal

 Catechisms

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        The Use of Catechisms

  1. Catechetical Instruction ~ Archibald Alexander

  2. What Is Catechism? ~ Zancharias Ursinus

        Historic Catechisms

  1. Heidelberg Catechism ~ Presbyterian and covenantal
  2. The Westminster Shorter Catechism ~ Presbyterian and covenantal
  3. The Anabaptist's Catechism (1645)
  4. Benjamin Keach's Catechism ~ Baptist and covenantal
  5. Spurgeon's Catechism of 1855 ~ Baptist and covenantal
  6. "A Brief Catechism of Bible Doctrine" ~ James P. Boyce. Baptist and covenantal

        Contemporary Catechisms

  1. Small Children's Catechism ~ (Note: We would disagree in part with question 41 - in that the sacraments are indeed signs but they are not seals. The Holy Spirit is the Christian's seal, not baptism.)
  2. Catechism for Young Children ~ Covenantal view of the Decalogue