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List of Christian creeds

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Christianity has through Church history produced a number of Christian creeds, confessions and statements of faith. The following lists are provided.

Contents

In many cases, individual churches will address further doctrinal questions in a set of bylaws. Smaller churches see this as a formality, while churches of a larger size build this to be a large document describing the practical functioning of the church.

Biblical Creeds

  • Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 12:3)
  • Pre-New Testament Creeds in the New Testament (1 Timothy 2:5, Phil 2:6-11, 1 Timothy 3:16)

    • Local and Regional Creeds of the Early Church

  • The Creed of Aristides of Athens (100s)
  • The Didache (60-150)
  • The Creed of Cyprian of Carthage (250)
  • The Der Balyzeh Papyrus (200-350)
  • The Creeds of Arius and Euzoius (320 and 327)
  • The Creed of Alexander of Alexandria (321-324)
  • The First Synod of Antioch (325)
  • The Second Dedication of Antioch (341)
  • The Baptismal Creed of Jerusalem (350)
  • The Apostolic Constitutions (350-380)

    • Interdenominational Creeds

  • Confessing Church (1934), the Confessing Church of Germany speaking against the Nazi "German Christians".
  • World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith
  • National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith (1943)
  • Anglican-Lutheran Pullach Report (1972)
  • Brief Statement of Faith (1983)
  • Common Christological Declarations Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (1994)

    • Modern Ecumenical Creeds

  • The Call to Unity, Lausanne (1927)
  • The Scheme of Union of the Church of South India (1929/1942)
  • The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Edinburgh (1937)
  • Affirmation of Union, Edinburgh (1937)
  • The Constitution of the Church in South India (1947)
  • Message of the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1948)
  • The Unity We Have and Seek (1952)
  • A Message from the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1954)
  • The Unity of the Church, St. Andrews (1960)
  • The Church's Unity, World Council of Churches, New Delhi (1961)
  • The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church, Uppsala (1968)
  • What Unity Requires, Nairobi (1975)
  • Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Lima (1982)
  • Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion (1993)

    • Adventists

  • Pillars of Adventism (1848)
  • Adventist Baptismal Vow (1941)
  • 28 Fundamental Beliefs (Adventist) (1980)

    • Anabaptist/Mennonite

  • Hans Denchk's confession Before the Council of Nuremberg (1525)
  • The Schleitheim Confession (1527)
  • The [Mennonite] Concept of Cologne (1591)
  • The Dordrecht Confession (1632)

    • Anglican/English

  • The Anglican Catechism (1549/1662)
  • Thirty-Nine Articles (1563)
  • Lambeth Articles (1595)
  • Affirmation of St. Louis (1977)

    • Arminian

    Five Articles of Remonstrance (1610)

    Assemblies of God

  • Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths

    • Baptist

  • Thomas Helwys Confession of Faith (1611)
  • The Philadelphia Confession (1688)
  • New Hampshire Confession of Faith (1833)
  • The Free-will Baptist Confession (1868)
  • Abstract Principles for Southern Baptist Seminary (1858)
  • The Doctrinal Basis of the New Zealand Baptist Union (1882)
  • Doctrinal Basis of the Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia (1888)
  • The Statement of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland (1888)
  • 1644 Baptist Confession of Faith (1644)
  • 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith 1677/1689 (cross-listed under "Reformed," being nearly identical to the Westminster Confession)
  • The Orthodox Creed (1678) of the General Baptists
  • The Statement of Faith of the American Baptist Association (1905)
  • Johann Kargel's Confession (1913)
  • Baptist Faith and Message (1925) Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
  • The Doctrinal Statement of the North American Baptist Association (1950)
  • Baptist Faith and Message 1964 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
  • Baptist Affirmation of Faith 1966, Strict Baptist Assembly
  • Romanian Baptist Confession (1974)
  • The Statement of Beliefs of the North American Baptist Conference (1982)
  • Baptist Faith and Message 2000 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

    • Christian Church - Disciples of Christ

  • Mission, Vision and Confession[1]
  • Christian Church: The Design for the Christian Church (1968)

    • Congregational

  • The Cambridge Platform (1648; is also considered "Puritan")
  • Savoy Declaration 1658 (cross-listed under "Reformed," being nearly identical to the Westminster Confession)
  • The Declaration of the Congregational Union of England (1833)
  • The Declaration of the Boston National Council (1865)
  • The Declaration of the Oberlin National Council (1871)
  • The "Commission" Creed of the Congregational Church (1883/1913)

    • Eastern Orthodox

  • Doctrine of the African Orthodox Church 1921

    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

  • Unaltered Augsburg Confession, 1520
  • Creeds on the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Website[2]

    • Lutheran

  • The Ninety-Five Theses (1517)
  • Augsburg Confession (1530)
  • The Apology of the Augusburg Confession (1531)
  • Apology of the Augsburg Confession (1530 Lutheran Response to Confutatio Augustana)
  • Book of Concord (1580)
  • Saxon Visitation Articles (1592)
  • The Reaffirmed Consensus of the Trinity Lutheran Faith (1655)
  • The Definite Platform (1855)

    • Methodist

  • Articles of Religion 1784
  • Confession of Faith (United Methodist) 1968
  • The Scripture Way of Salvation 1765
  • Minutes of Some Late Conversations 1744

    • Pentecostal/Assemblies of God

  • The Statement of Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God (1914)
  • Indian Pentecostal Church of God: Statement of Faith

    • Presbyterian

  • Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) (cross-listed under "Reformed" below)
  • The Confession of the Waldenses (1655)
  • The Confession of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1814/1883)
  • The Confession of the Free Evangelical Church of Geneva (1848)
  • The Confession of the Free Italian Church (1870)
  • The Auburn Declaration (1837)
  • Auburn Affirmation (PCUSA) (1924)
  • Book of Confessions (PCUSA)[part 1; Second Edition 1970]
  • The Creed of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Chile (1983)
  • Living Faith; A statement of Christian Belief (PCC) (1984)

    • Puritan Congregational

  • Cambridge Platform (1648)

    • Quaker

  • The Confession of the Society of Friends 1675

    • Reformed

  • The Sixty-seven Articles of Ulrigh Zwingli (1523)
  • The Evangelical Counsel of Ansbach (1524)
  • Ten Conclusions of Berne (1528)
  • First Helvetic Confession (1536)
  • The Consensus of Geneva (1552)
  • First Scotch Confession (1560)
  • Craig's Catechism (1581)
  • Second Helvetic Confession (1586)
  • Gallican Confession (1559)
  • Belgic Confession (1561)
  • Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
  • The Hungarian Confession (1570)
  • Second Scotch Confession (1580)
  • Irish Articles (1615)
  • Canons of Dordt (1618-19)
  • Westminster Confession of Faith 1646 (cross-listed under "Presbyterian" above)
  • Savoy Declaration 1658 (cross-listed under "Congregational")
  • Helvetic Consensus (1675)
  • 1689 Second London Confession of Faith (1677/1689) (cross-listed under "Baptist," being alternatively known as the "Second Baptist Confession")
  • Walcheren Articles (1693)
  • Cambridge Declaration (1996)

    • Roman Catholic

  • The Edict of Michael Cerularius and of the Synod of Constantinople of 1054 (1054)
  • The Dictatus Papae of Pope Gregory VII (1075)
  • The Synod of Constantinople (1341)
  • The Synod of Constantinople (1347)
  • The Synod of Constantinople (1351)
  • The Synod of Constantinople (1691)
  • The Synod of Constantinople (1838)
  • The Council of Constance (1414-18)
  • Confutatio Augustana (1530 Catholic Response to Augsburg Confession)
  • Decrees of the Council of Trent (1563)
  • Tridentine Creed - Profession of Faith of Pius IV (1564)
  • Cum Occasione of Pope Innocent X (1653)
  • The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception (1854)
  • The Vatican Council-First Dogmatic Constitution of the Church of Christ (1870)
  • The Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (1950)
  • Vatican II Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (1964)
  • Credo of the People of God Profession of Faith of Paul VI (1968)
  • Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II and [Armenian] Catholicos Karekin I (1996)
  • Ad Tuendam Fidem of Pope John Paul II 1998

    • United Church of Canada

  • A New Creed (1968)

    • United Church of Christ

  • Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ 1959/1977

    • United Methodist

  • Confession of Faith (United Methodist)

    • American Fundamentalist Evangelical

  • Doctrinal Statement of the Evangelical Theological Society (1949, 1990)
  • Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 1978
  • Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics 1983
  • Danvers Statement 1988

    • Amish

    The denomination holds the New Testament as its only creed.

    Holy Ghost Fathers

  • Maasai Creed 1960

    • Huguenots

  • Guanabara Confession of Faith

    • Latter Day Saints (Mormons)

  • "Address" by Oliver Cowdery (Messenger and Advocate 1(1), October 1834, p. 2)
  • Wentworth letter (1842)
  • Articles of Faith (Latter Day Saints) (1880)
  • 1890 Manifesto
  • Second Manifesto (1904)
  • 1978 Revelation on Priesthood
  • The Family: A Proclamation to the World (1995)
  • The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles (2000)

    • Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

  • Richmond Declaration[3]

    • Salvation Army

  • Articles of War of The Salvation Army

    • Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

  • Belhar Confession

    • Waldensian Evangelical Church

  • Waldensian Confession (1655) [4]

    • References

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