Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds.

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HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM.

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SECOND CHAPTER.
THE ŒCUMENICAL CREEDS.
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§ 6.	General Character of the Œcumenical Creeds	12
§ 7.	The Apostles' Creed	14
§ 8.	The Nicene Creed	24
§ 9.	The Creed of Chalcedon	29
§ 10.	The Athanasian Creed	34

THIRD CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF THE GREEK CHURCH.
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§ 11.	The Seven Œcumenical Councils	43
§ 12.	The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453	46
§ 13.	The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576	50
§ 14.	The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1625	52
§ 15.	The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631	54
§ 16.	The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643	58

§ 17.	The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672	61
§ 18.	The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691	67
§ 19.	The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church	68
§ 20.	Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek	74
§ 21.	The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians	78

FOURTH CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH.
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§ 22.	Catholicism and Romanism	83
§ 23.	Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System	85
§ 24.	The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563	90
§ 25.	The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564	96
§ 26.	The Roman Catecism, A.D. 1566	100
§ 27.	The Papal Bulls against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713	102
	Note on the Old Catholics in Holland, 107.
§ 28.	The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854	108
§ 29.	The Argument for the Immaculate Conception	113
§ 30.	The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864	128
§ 31.	The Vatican Council, A.D. 1870	134
§ 32.	The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution on the Catholic Faith	147
§ 33.	The Vatican Decrees, Continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree	150
§ 34.	Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition	163
§ 35.	The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church	189
§ 36.	The Old Catholics	191

FIFTH CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHES.
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§ 37.	The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism	203
§ 38.	The Evangelical Confessions of Faith	209
§ 39.	The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions	211

SIXTH CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
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§ 40.	The Lutheran Confessions	220
§ 41.	The Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530	225
§ 42.	The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530	243
§ 43.	Luther's Catechisms, A.D. 1529	245
§ 44.	The Articles of Smalcald, A.D. 1537	253
§ 45.	The Formula of Concord, A.D. 1577	258
§ 46.	The Formula of Concord, Concluded	312
§ 47.	Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession, and the Würtemberg Confession, A.D. 1551	340
§ 48.	The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592.	345
§ 49.	An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, A.D. 1655	349

SEVENTH CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCHES.
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§ 50.	The Reformed Confessions.	354
I. Reformed Confessions of Switzerland.
§ 51.	Zwinglian Confessions. The Sixty-seven Articles. The Ten Theses of Berne. The Confession to Charles V. The Confession to Francis I., A.D. 1523-1531	360
§ 52.	Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines	369
§ 53.	The Confession of Basle, A.D. 1534	385
§ 54.	The First Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1536	388
§ 55.	The Second Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1566	390
§ 56.	John Calvin. His Life and Character	421
§ 57.		444
§ 58.	The Catechism of Geneva, A.D. 1541	467
§ 59.	The Zurich Consensus, A.D. 1549	471
§ 60.	The Geneva Consensus, A.D. 1552	474
§ 61.	The Helvetic Consensus Formula, A.D. 1675	477

II. Reformed Confessions of France and the Netherlands.
§ 62.	The Gallican Confession, A.D. 1559	490
§ 63.	The French Declaration of Faith, A.D. 1872	498
§ 64.	The Belgic Confession, A.D. 1561	502

§ 65.	The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604-1619.	508
§ 66.	The Remonstrance, A.D. 1610	516
§ 67.	The Canons of Dort, A.D. 1619	519

III. The Reformed Confessions of Germany.
§ 68.	The Tetrapolitan Confession, A.D. 1530	524
§ 69.	The Heidelberg Catechism, A.D. 1563	529
§ 70.	The Brandenburg Confessions	554
The Confession of Sigismund (1614), 555.
The Colloquy at Leipzig (1631), 558.
The Declaration of Thorn (1645), 560.
§ 71.	The Minor German Reformed Confessions. . .	563

IV. The Reformed Confessions of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary.
§ 72.	The Bohemian Brethern and the Waldenses before the Reformation	565
§ 73.	The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation, A.D. 1535 and 1575	576
§ 74.	The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir, A.D. 1570	581
§ 75.	The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger, A.D. 1557	589

V. The Anglican Articles of Religion.
§ 76.	The English Reformation.	592
§ 77.	The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and her Relation to other Churches	598
§ 78.	The Doctrinal Formularies of Henry VIII.	611
§ 79.	The Edwardine Articles, A.D. 1553.	613
§ 80.	The Elizabethan Articles, A.D. 1563 and 1571	615
§ 81.	Interpretation of the Thirty-nine Articles	622
§ 82.	Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, A.D. 1801	650
§ 83.	The Anglican Catechisms, A.D. 1549 and 1662	654
§ 84.	The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595	658
§ 85.	The Irish Articles, A.D. 1615	662
§ 86.	The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church, A.D. 1875	665

VI. The Presbyterian Confessions of Scotland.
§ 87.	The Reformation in Scotland	669
§ 88.	John Knox	673
§ 89.	The Scotch Confession, A.D. 1560.	680
§ 90.	The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk	685
§ 91.	The Scotch Catechisms	696

VII. The Westminster Standards.
§ 92.	The Puritan Conflict	701
§ 93.	The Westminster Assembly.	727
§ 94.	The Westminster Confession .	753
§ 95.	Analysis of the Confession .	760
§ 96.	The Westminster Catechisms .	783
§ 97.	Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine	788
§ 98.	The Westminster Standards in America	804
§ 99.	The Westminster Standards among the Cumberland Presbyterians	813

EIGHTH CHAPTER.
THE CREEDS OF MODERN EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS.
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§ 100.	General Survey	817
§ 101.	The Congregationalists	820
§ 102.	English Congregational Creeds	829
§ 103.	American Congregational Creeds	835
§ 104.	Anabaptists and Mennonites	840
§ 105.	The Calvinistic Baptists	844
§ 106.	The Arminian Baptists	856
§ 107.	The Society of Friends (Quakers).	859
§ 108.	The Moravians	874
§ 109.	Methodism	882
§ 110.	Methodist Creeds	890
§ 111.	Arminian Methodism	893
§ 112.	Calvinistic Methodism	901
§ 113.	The Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingites)	905
§ 114.	The Evangelical Alliance.	915
§ 115.	The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds	919
§ 116.	The Disciples of Christ	930
§ 117.	The Universalists.	933
§ 118.	The Unitarians	954

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