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Statements of wrote, usually after a fight over what the Bible teaches. They do not replace . See when each was written and what it confesses.
The Apostles' Creed
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A western baptismal confession: the Father, the Son born, crucified, and raised, the Spirit, , the forgiveness of sins, and the life to come.
The Nicene Creed (325)
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The council's answer to Arius: the Son is true God, begotten, not made, of one substance with the Father.
Nicene-Constantinopolitan (381)
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The creed most churches still say: Nicaea, with more on the Holy Spirit, “the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father.”
Definition of Chalcedon (451)
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One person in two natures, without confusion, without change, without division, without separation.
The Athanasian Creed
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A western creed in prose: the and the , each stated carefully, with a sharp “this is the catholic .”
Ephesus (431)
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Theotokos: Mary as the God-bearer, against a teaching that would split Christ into two sons.
Augsburg Confession
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- The Lutherans before the emperor: the old , with taught clearly, the Mass reformed, and abuses named.
The 39 Articles
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The Protestant backbone of of England: the , , , the sacraments, and the crown.
Westminster Confession
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- The English and Scottish Reformed standard: , God, , God's decrees, , and .
Canons of Dort
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1618 to 1619. Five heads of doctrine against the Arminian Remonstrance, in the Dutch churches.
Second London Baptist Confession
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- The Particular Baptists take the Westminster Confession and revise it on baptism, , and the civil magistrate.