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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(Vol. I.)

———————

HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM.

———————

FIRST CHAPTER.



ON CREEDS IN GENERAL.



PAGE


§1.

Name and Definition

3

§2.

Origin of Creeds

4

§3.

Authority of Creeds

7

§4.

Value and Use of Creeds

8

§5.

Classification of Creeds

9




SECOND CHAPTER.



THE ŒCUMENICAL CREEDS.



PAGE


§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.



PAGE


§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.



PAGE


§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.



PAGE


§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.



PAGE


§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.



PAGE


§50.

The Reformed Confessions .

354

1. 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.

Calvin's Work

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.



PAGE


§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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