The creeds and confessions expand and develop over the entire existence of the church. A creed is a concise declaration or confession of beliefs that outlines the essential truths of the Christian faith. They progress from simple statements in the bible, to brief statements like the Nicene Creed, to complex confessions like the Westminster Confession of Faith. The following are hand selected among the thousands of creeds that have been written.

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The Ecumenical Creeds (in .pdf format)

Apostle's Creed c.200 – Nicene Creed 325 – Athanasian Creed c.500 – Chalcedonian Creed 451 – Council of Orange - 529

The Creeds of the Reformed church (in .pdf format)

Swiss

67 Sixty Seven Articles 1523 – The Ten Theses of Berne 1526 – The First Confession of Basle. A.D. 1534 – Helvetic Formulation 1675 -- The Second Helvetic Confessions 1562 – The Catechism of Geneva. A.D. 1536 and 1541 – The Consensus of Tigurinus Zurich. A.D. 1549 – The Helvetic Consensus Formula. A.D. 1675 –

French

Gallican/French Confession of Faith 1559 – The Belgic Confession. A.D. 1561 – Canons of Dort 1618-1619 –

German

The Tetrapolitan, Strasburg or the Swabian Confession 1530 – Heidelberg Catechism 1563 – The Waldensian Catechism 1488 – The Bohemian Confession 1521, 1535 –

England

The Ten Articles 1536 – The Six Articles 1539 – The Thirteen Articles 1538 – 39 Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion 1571 – Book of Common Prayer 1549 – The Lambeth Articles of 1595 – The Irish Articles 1615 –

The creeds of the Lutheran church (in .pdf format)

95 Ninety-Five Theses – Augsburg Confession 1530 – Luther’s Large Catechism 1526 – Luther’s Small Catechism 1529 – Smalcald Articles 1537 – Formula of Concord – Book of Concord –

The creeds of the Presbyterian church (in .pdf format)

The Scotch Confession of Faith 1560 – The National Covenant or Second Scotch Confession 1581 and 1638 – The Westminster Confession of Faith 1643-1649 - The Westminster Larger Catechism 1643-1649 – The Westminster Shorter Catechism 1643-1649 – Confession of 1967 – Lanark Declaration 1682 – The Book of Church Order 2013 – 2015 –

Baptist Schleitheim Confession (Annabaptist) 1527 – Dordrecht (Mennonite) Confession of Faith 1632 – London Baptist of Faith 1689 – New Hampshire Confession of Faith (Baptist) 1833 – Abstract of Principles (Baptist) 1858 – The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 –

Congregational Savoy Declaration 1658 –

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For a history of the creeds, see Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom, part 1 and Part 2

Other creeds of the Modern Church (.in .pdf format)

Lausanne Covenant - Int'l Congress on World Evangelism 1974

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 1978

Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics 1982

Chicago Statement on Biblical Application 1986

Danver's Statement on role of men and women 1987

Cambridge Declaration 1996

Lausanne Covenant II - Manila Manifesto 1989

New City Catechism

The Gospel of Jesus Christ - An Evangelical Celebration 1999

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Reformed Creeds and Supplementary Resources (in ePub, .mobi formats)

Ames, William The Substance of the Christian Religion

Baptist Divines The London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689

Boston, Thomas An Illustration of the Doctrines of Christian Religion (eBook)

Boston, Thomas An Explication of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (eBook)

Bres, Guy D. The Belgic Confession of Faith

Bullinger, Heinrich The Second Helvetic Confession

Calvin, John The Geneva Catechism

Dickson, David Truth's Victory Over Error: A Commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith

Dort, Synod The Canons of Dort

Fisher, James The Assembly's Shorter Catechism Explained

Flavel, John An Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism (eBook)

Good, James I. Aid to the Heidelberg Catechism

Hetherington, William Maxwell History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines

Hodge, A. A. The Westminster Confession: A Commentary

Shaw, Robert The Reformed Faith: An Exposition Of The Westminster Confession Of Faith

Ursinus, Zacharias The Three Forms of Unity

Ursinus, Zacharia Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism

Watson, Thomas A Body of Divinity

Westminster Divines, The Westminster Confession of Faith: Edinburgh Edition

Westminster Divines The Westminster Shorter Catechism

Westminster Shorter Catechism (Introduction), Catechism for Young Children

Tosti, J. A. Westminster's Shortest Catechism

Westminster Divines Westminster Larger Catechism

Westminster Confession (Study Guides & Resources by chapter)

Witsius, Herman Sacred Dissertations on the Apostles' Creed (eBook)