Displays articles in our confessions
We distinguish between these holy books and the apocryphal ones, which are the third and fourth books of Esdras; the books of Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Jesus Sirach, Baruch; what was…
Read the ArticleWe receive all these books and these only as holy and canonical, for the regulating, founding, and establishing of our faith. And…
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We include in the Holy Scripture the two volumes of the Old and New Testaments. They are canonical books with which there…
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We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we…
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We know God by two means: First, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe, since that universe is before our…
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We confess that this Word of God was not sent nor delivered “by human will,” but that “men and women moved by…
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The Marks of the True Church We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very carefully by the Word of God…
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We believe that our gracious God, because of the depravity of mankind, has appointed kings, princes, and magistrates; willing that the world…
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