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The First Helvetic (or Second Basle) Confession, A.D. 1536 211 Note on the Catechismus Genevensis, the Consensus Tigurinus, and the Consensus Genevensis 232 The Second Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1566 233 The Heidelberg or Palatinate Catechism, A.D. 1563 307 The Gallican Confession, A.D. 1559 356 The Belgic Confession, A.D. The First Confession of Basel, 1534. CONCERNING GOD We believe in God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, one holy, divine Trinity, three Persons and one single, eternal, almighty God, in essence and substance, and not three gods.
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The Helvetic Confessions are two documents expressing the common belief of the Reformed churches of Switzerland.
History[edit]
The First Helvetic Confession (Latin: Confessio Helvetica prior), known also as the Second Confession of Basel, was drawn up in Basel in 1536 by Heinrich Bullinger and Leo Jud of Zürich, Kaspar Megander [de] Artcam pro free download. of Bern, Oswald Myconius and Simon Grynaeus of Basel, Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito of Strasbourg, with other representatives from Schaffhausen, St Gall, Mühlhausen and Biel. The first draft was written in Latin and the Zürich delegates objected to its Lutheran phraseology. However, Leo Jud's German translation was accepted by all, and after Myconius and Grynaeus had modified the Latin form, both versions were agreed to and adopted on February 26, 1536.[1]
The Second Helvetic Confession (Latin: Confessio Helvetica posterior) was written by Bullinger in 1562 and revised in 1564 as a private exercise. It came to the notice of Elector PalatineFrederick III, who had it translated into German and published.[1] It was attractive to some Reformed leaders as a corrective to what they saw as the overly-Lutheran statements of the Strasbourg Consensus. An attempt was made in early 1566 to have all the churches of Switzerland sign the Second Helvetic Confession as a common statement of faith.[2] It gained a favorable hold on the Swiss churches, who had found the First Confession too short and too Lutheran.[1] However, 'the Basel clergy refused to sign the confession, stating that although they found no fault with it, they preferred to stand by their own Basel Confession of 1534'.[3]
It was adopted by the Reformed Church not only throughout Switzerland but in Scotland (1566), Hungary (1567), France (1571), Poland (1578), and after the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Scots Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism is the most generally recognized confession of the Reformed Church.[1] The Second Helvetic Confession was also included in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.'s Book of Confessions, in 1967, and remains in the Book of Confessions adopted by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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- ^ abcd One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). 'Helvetic Confessions'. Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 253.
- ^Burnett, Amy Nelson. 1992. 'Simon Sulzer and the Consequences of the 1563 Strasbourg Consensus in Switzerland' in Archive for Reformation History 83: 154–179, p. 178
- ^Burnett, Amy Nelson. 1992. 'Simon Sulzer and the Consequences of the 1563 Strasbourg Consensus in Switzerland' in Archive for Reformation History 83: 154–179, p. 178
Literature[edit]
- Louis Thomas, La Confession helvétique (Geneva, 1853);
- Philip Schaff, Creeds of Christendom, i. 390-420, iii. 234-306;
- Julius Müller, Die Bekenntnisschriften der reformierten Kirche (Leipzig, 1903).
External links[edit]
- The Second Helvetic Confession in English Translation
- Text of the creeds from Schaff's Creeds of Christendom (vol. 3) at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library:
- The First Helvetic Confession (in its original Latin and High German translation)
- The Second Helvetic Confession (in its original Latin)
- History of the creeds from Schaff's Creeds of Christendom (vol. 1) at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library:
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The Helvetic Confessions are two documents expressing the common belief of the Reformed churches of Switzerland.
History[edit]
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The First Helvetic Confession (Latin: Confessio Helvetica prior), known also as the Second Confession of Basel, was drawn up in Basel in 1536 by Heinrich Bullinger and Leo Jud of Zürich, Kaspar Megander [de] of Bern, Oswald Myconius and Simon Grynaeus of Basel, Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito of Strasbourg, with other representatives from Schaffhausen, St Gall, Mühlhausen and Biel. The first draft was written in Latin and the Zürich delegates objected to its Lutheran phraseology. However, Leo Jud's German translation was accepted by all, and after Myconius and Grynaeus had modified the Latin form, both versions were agreed to and adopted on February 26, 1536.[1]
The Second Helvetic Confession (Latin: Confessio Helvetica posterior) was written by Bullinger in 1562 and revised in 1564 as a private exercise. It came to the notice of Elector PalatineFrederick III, who had it translated into German and published.[1] It was attractive to some Reformed leaders as a corrective to what they saw as the overly-Lutheran statements of the Strasbourg Consensus. An attempt was made in early 1566 to have all the churches of Switzerland sign the Second Helvetic Confession as a common statement of faith.[2] It gained a favorable hold on the Swiss churches, who had found the First Confession too short and too Lutheran.[1] However, 'the Basel clergy refused to sign the confession, stating that although they found no fault with it, they preferred to stand by their own Basel Confession of 1534'.[3]
It was adopted by the Reformed Church not only throughout Switzerland but in Scotland (1566), Hungary (1567), France (1571), Poland (1578), and after the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Scots Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism is the most generally recognized confession of the Reformed Church.[1] The Second Helvetic Confession was also included in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.'s Book of Confessions, in 1967, and remains in the Book of Confessions adopted by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). 'Helvetic Confessions'. Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 253.
- ^Burnett, Amy Nelson. 1992. 'Simon Sulzer and the Consequences of the 1563 Strasbourg Consensus in Switzerland' in Archive for Reformation History 83: 154–179, p. 178
- ^Burnett, Amy Nelson. 1992. 'Simon Sulzer and the Consequences of the 1563 Strasbourg Consensus in Switzerland' in Archive for Reformation History 83: 154–179, p. 178
Literature[edit]
- Louis Thomas, La Confession helvétique (Geneva, 1853);
- Philip Schaff, Creeds of Christendom, i. 390-420, iii. 234-306;
- Julius Müller, Die Bekenntnisschriften der reformierten Kirche (Leipzig, 1903).
Second Helvetic Confession
External links[edit]
- The Second Helvetic Confession in English Translation
- Text of the creeds from Schaff's Creeds of Christendom (vol. 3) at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library:
- The First Helvetic Confession (in its original Latin and High German translation)
- The Second Helvetic Confession (in its original Latin)
- History of the creeds from Schaff's Creeds of Christendom (vol. 1) at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library: