The historic confessions of the Reformed church
Reformed
Confessions
The creeds, the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards, in full: read them, learn them by heart, and watch the Heidelberg Catechism taught Lord’s Day by Lord’s Day.
Nine Documents, One Faith
The considered, prayerful judgments of the church on what Christians ought to believe and how they ought to practice the faith, each a summary of Scripture, not a substitute for it.
The Ecumenical Creeds
Rooted in the early church and confessed by Christians everywhere.
The Three Forms of Unity
The confessions of the Reformed churches of the continent.
The Westminster Standards
The confession and catechisms of the Westminster Assembly.
From the Early Church to Westminster
- c. 150The Apostles’ CreedTakes shape in the early church as a baptismal confession.
- 325The Nicene CreedAdopted at the Council of Nicaea; expanded at Constantinople in 381.
- c. 500The Athanasian CreedA precise confession of the Trinity and of Christ, fully God and fully man.
- 1561The Belgic ConfessionGuido de Brès writes amid the persecution of the churches in the Lowlands.
- 1563The Heidelberg CatechismWritten at Heidelberg at the request of Elector Frederick III.
- 1618–19The Canons of DortAn international synod at Dordrecht answers the Arminian controversy.
- 1646–47The Westminster StandardsThe Westminster Assembly gives its Confession and two Catechisms.
“That I am not my own, but belong body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Fifty-Two Lord’s Days
Every Lord’s Day of the Heidelberg Catechism, taught by pastors from various Reformed denominations, with its questions and answers, illustrations and commentary.
Lord’s Day 1 · Our Only Comfort
Our Only Comfort
“What is your only comfort in life and in death?”
Lord’s Day 11 · Plate IFor the Home, the Class and the Church
- Learn It by HeartMemorize mode on every catechism page, and Rev. John A. Bouwers’s memory program
- IllustrationsTwo drawings with a short story for every Lord’s Day
- Confessional HymnsThe Heidelberg Catechism put to verse by Paul Wagenaar
- CommentaryZacharias Ursinus on every Lord’s Day
- The Whole CatechismAll 129 questions on one page, in the translation you choose
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