Belgic Confession
The Belgic Confession (1561), written by Guido de Bres, is a comprehensive statement of Reformed faith in 37 articles. It is one of the Three Forms of Unity, the confessional standards of the Continental Reformed churches.
Date: 1561
Authorship: Written chiefly by Guido de Brès and received by the Reformed churches of the Netherlands.
The Belgic Confession sets out Reformed teaching on Scripture, God, Christ, salvation, church, sacraments, civil government, and final judgment.
It is one of the Three Forms of Unity and carries a strong apologetic and ecclesial character.
- Read articles in clusters to follow its confession of God, salvation, and the church.
- Use Scripture proofs to see how the confession argues from biblical texts.
- Compare ecclesiology and sacraments with Heidelberg and Dort.
The one God and the Holy Scriptures
The Trinity and the deity of the Son and Holy Spirit
Election, the incarnation, atonement, and intercession of Christ
Justification by faith, sanctification, and good works
The church, its marks, government, and officers
The sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
The Recovery of Fallen Humanity
We believe that our good God, by marvelous divine wisdom and goodness, seeing that Adam and Eve had plunged themselves in this manner into both physical and spiritual death and made themselves completely miserable, set out to find them, though they, trembling all over, were fleeing from God. And God …
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