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	Belgic Confession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The confession's chief author was Guido de Bres, a preacher of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in 1567.
		In 1566 the text of this confession was revised at a synod held at Antwerp.
		The text, not the contents, was revised again at the Synod of Dort in 1618-19 and adopted as one of the doctrinal standards to which all officebearers in the Reformed churches were required to subscribe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgic_Confession (380 words)

	De Bres and the Birth of the Belgic Confession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Guido de Bres was the main author of the Belgic Confession of Faith, which after only minor revision stands as the main symbolic document of the Continental Reformed Churches and their offspring.
		In the words of the famous church historian Philip Schaff, the Belgic Confession is "the best symbolic statement of the Calvinistic system of doctrine, with the exception of the Westminster Confession," (Note: symbolics is the study of the creeds and confessions of the church).
		The Confession is today used in the Nederlands Hervormde Kerk (the State Church), and the GKN in Holland and Belgium, as well as the Reformed and Christian Reformed Churches in the US, the three Afrikaans churches in South Africa, and the Reformed Churches of Australia and New Zealand.
	www.pcea.asn.au /wpg_belg.html (2061 words)

	THE CATHOLICITY OF THE BELGIC CONFESSION
		The implication of this viewpoint is, of course, that a confession as confession lacks a definite catholic character.
		Article 27 concludes with the confession of the geographical catholicity of the church, but it begins with the qualitative or normative catholicity: the one catholic or universal Church, which is a holy congregation and assembly of the true Christian believers, who expect their entire salvation in Jesus Christ.
		The catholicity of the Belgic Confession becomes first of all evident negatively in the rejection of heresies, condemned by the Christian church of all ages on the basis of the Word of God.
	spindleworks.com /library/faber/008_theca.htm (5699 words)

	Belgic Confession
		These are the reasons why we confess him to be true God and true man-- true God in order to conquer death by his power, and true man that he might die for us in the weakness of his flesh.
		We believe and confess one single catholic or universal church-- a holy congregation and gathering of true Christian believers, awaiting their entire salvation in Jesus Christ being washed by his blood, and sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
		We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood, which anyone might do or wish to do in order to atone or satisfy for sins.
	www.carm.org /creeds/belgic.htm (7703 words)

	The Belgic (or Netherlands) Confession of Faith
		The Belgic Confession is historically the first of the three, the others being the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dordt (or Dort).
		The Belgic Confession was written by de Bräs in 1561 primarily as a testimony to the Spanish king to prove that the Reformed believers were not rebels, as was charged, but law-abiding citizens who professed only those doctrines which were the teachings of Holy Scripture.
		Sometimes known as the Walloon Confession, this was composed in 1561 by Guido de Bres as an apology for the persecuted band of Reformed Christians in the Lowlands who formed the so-called churches under the cross.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txh/belgic.htm (1103 words)

	F.A.Q. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We all believe with the heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God; and that he is eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all good.
		We confess that this Word of God was not sent, nor delivered by the will of man, but that holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, as the apostle Peter saith.
		We believe and confess, that our Savior Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the sacrament of the holy supper, to nourish and support those whom he hath already regenerated, and incorporated into his family, which is his Church.
	www.freechurch.org /muir/belgic.html (5815 words)

	Belgic Confession - Introduction
		The Belgic Confession, is the English following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confessio Belgica." "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which today is divided into the Netherlands and Belgium.
		Although the immediate purpose of securing freedom from persecution was not attained, and de Bräs himself fell as one of the many thousands who sealed their faith with their lives, his work has endured and will continue to endure.
		The text, not the contents, was revised again at the Synod of Dort in 1618-19 and adopted as one of the doctrinal standards to which all office bearers in the Reformed churches were required to subscribe.
	www.creeds.net /reformed/belgic/intro.htm (336 words)

	The Belgic Confession - Christian Reformed Church
		The oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confessio Belgica." "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which today is divided into the Netherlands and Belgium.
		The confession's chief author was Guido de Bres, a preacher of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in the year 1567.
		To protest against this cruel oppression, and to prove to the persecutors that the adherents of the Reformed faith were not rebels, as was laid to their charge, but law-abiding citizens who professed the true Christian doctrine according to the Holy Scriptures, de Bres prepared this confession in the year 1561.
	www.crcna.org /pages/belgic_confess_main.cfm (428 words)

	THE BELGIC CONFESSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is only one God, who is a simple and spiritual Being; He is eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all good.
		We confess, therefore, that God has fulfilled the promise He made to the fathers by the mouth of His holy prophets when, at the time appointed by Him, He sent into the world His own only-begotten and eternal son, who took the form of a servant and was born in the likeness of men.
		We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, who is the end of the law, has by His shed blood put an end to every other shedding of blood that one could or would make as an expiation or satisfaction for sins.
	www.ondoctrine.com /2catec08.htm (8735 words)

	Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Burgessville, Ontario
		The Confession’s chief author was Guido de Bres (1522-1567), a godly itinerant pastor of the Reformed persuations.
		The Confession was written as an independent composition, though it was modeled after the Gallic Confession, a 1559 French Reformed confession, which in turn was dependent on Calvin’s design.
		The Belgic Confession was readily received by Reformed churches in the Netherlands after its early translation into Duth in 1562.
	www.hnrc.ca /information/belgicconfession.asp (513 words)

	RCA: The Belgic Confession
		The Belgic Confession is actually the personal confession of faith of one man, Guido de Bres, written in the early days of the Reformation in what was then the southern part of the Netherlands (known today as Belgium).
		His primary purpose in writing his confession of faith was to distinguish the Reformed Christians in the Netherlands from the Anabaptists, who challenged the authority of the civil government.
		In 1788 the Belgic Confession was translated into English by a committee of the Reformed Dutch Church in America.
	www.rca.org /aboutus/beliefs/belgic (409 words)

	Belgic Confession.html
		The Belgic Confession of Faith is largely the work of the sixteenth century martyr Guido de Brés (d.1567), evangelist and pastor in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands.
		This Confession was so hated at the time of its original circulation that it was sought out and burned by the king's orders, along with anyone found reading it, with the result that no copies of the French editions of 1561 and 1562 have survived.
		We believe and confess only one catholic or universal Church, which is a holy congregation and assembly of true faithful Christians, expecting all their salvation in Jesus Christ, being washed by his blood, and sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/3150/Belgic.html (7725 words)

	Sola Gratica - Creation: What The Belgic Confession Teaches
		He also created the angels good, to be His messengers and to serve His elect; some of whom are fallen from that excellency in ivhich God created them into everlasting perdition, and the others have by the grace of God remained steadfast and continued in their first state.
		Therefore we reject and abhor the error of the Sadducees, who deny the existence of spirits and angels; and also that of the Manichees, who assert that the devils have their origin of themselves, and that they are wicked of their own nature, without having been corrupted.
		This is rationalistic unbelief similar to that which has plagued the modern Church since at least the "Age of Enlightenment." Throughout the nineteenth and most of the twentieth centuries rationalistic thinking all but destroyed the biblical view of creation including anything to do with the spiritual realm.
	incolor.inetnebr.com /stuart/whatbc.htm (1315 words)

	The Belgic Confession of Faith
		This is historically the first of our "Three Forms of Unity" (Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession of Faith, and the Canons of Dordt), having been composed in 1561.
		This Confession was written primarily as a testimony to the Spanish king to prove that the Reformed believers were not rebels, as was charged, but law-abiding citizens who professed only those doctrines which were the teachings of Holy Scripture.
		The confession was adopted by several National Synods in the sixteenth century, and, after careful revision of the text, was approved and adopted by the Synod of Dordrecht, 1618-1619, and ever since that time included among our "Three Forms of Unity."
	www.prca.org /bc_index.html (553 words)

	The Belgic Confession
		But in the meantime the divine nature always remained united with the human, even when He lay in the grave; and the Godhead did not cease to be in Him, any more than it did when He was an infant, though it did not so clearly manifest itself for a while.
		We believe and confess that our Savior Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the sacrament of the holy supper to nourish and support those whom He has already regenerated and incorporated into His family, which is His Church.
		The ungodly indeed receives the sacrament to his condemnation, but he does not receive the truth of the sacrament, even as Judas and Simon the sorcerer both indeed received the sacrament but not Christ who was signified by it, of whom believers only are made partakers.
	www.apuritansmind.com /Creeds/TheBelgicConfession.htm (5928 words)

	Creeds of Christendom Volume I (ix.iii.iii)
		GUIDO DE BRÈS. The chief author of the Belgic Confession is Guido (or Guy, Wido) de Brès, a noble evangelist and martyr of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands.
		Since that time the Belgic Confession, together with the Heidelberg Catechism, has been the recognized symbol of the Reformed Churches in Holland and Belgium.
		The Belgic Confession contains thirty-seven Articles, and follows the order of the Gallican Confession, but is less polemical and more full and elaborate, especially on the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Church, and the Sacraments.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/creeds1.ix.iii.iii.html?bcb=0 (2232 words)

	The Belgic Confession - Trinityurc.net
		To protest against this cruel oppression, and to prove to the persecutors that the adherents of the Reformed faith were no rebels, as was laid to their charge, but law-abiding citizens who professed the true Christian doctrine according to the Holy Scriptures, de Brès prepared this Confession in the year 1561.
		Although the immediate purpose of securing freedom from persecution was not attained, and de Brés himself fell as one of the many thousands who sealed their faith with their lives, his work has endured and will continue to endure for ages.
		After a careful revision, not of the contents but of the text, the great Synod of Dort in 1618-19 adopted this Confession as one of the Doctrinal Standards of the Reformed Churches, to which all office-bearers of the churches were required to subscribe.
	www.trinityurc.net /confession_belgic.htm (8321 words)

	Reformed Symbolics Syllabus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Classroom discussion focuses on the theology of the Belgic Confession or the Westminster Confession on alternating basis.
		(Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dort).
		Carruthers, S. The Westminster Confession of Faith: Being an account of the preparation and printing of its seven leading editions to which is appended a critical text of the confession (Greenville, [repr] 1995).
	coyote.csusm.edu /public/guests/rsclark/refsymbolics.htm (651 words)

	Belgic Confession
		It is usually called the Belgic Confession because it originated in the Southern Netherlands, now known as Belgium.
		Its chief author was Guido de Brès, a preacher of the Reformed Churches of The Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in the year 1567.
		After a careful revision, not of the contents but of the text, the great Synod of Dort in 1618-19 adopted this Confession as one of the doctrinal standards of the Reformed Churches, to which all officebearers of the Churches were required to subscribe.
	www.tlogical.net /belgic.htm (8752 words)

	In the Image of Christ. Another Gospel & the Belgic Confession. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the Psalter Hymnal used by the Christian Reformed Church, the Belgic Confession is its oldest doctrinal standard.
		Article 34 of the Belgic Confession goes on to proclaim, “By it we are received into God’s Church and set apart from all other people and alien religions, that we may be dedicated entirely to him, bearing his mark and sign.
		Article 34 of the Belgic Confession teaches that baptism replaces circumcision and that by it a person becomes a child of God.
	www.nlbchapel.org /another.htm (1172 words)

	The Belgic Confession
		The first of the doctrinal standards of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia is the Confession of Faith.
		Its chief author was Guido de Bres, a preacher of the Reformed Churches of The Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in the year 1567.
		Although the immediate purpose of securing freedom from persecution was not attained, and de Bres himself fell as one of the many thousands who sealed their faith with their lives, his work has endured and will continue to endure for ages.
	members.iinet.net.au /~jvd/Belgic.htm (9047 words)

	The River CRC - Belgic Confession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God—eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, unchangeable, infinite, almighty; completely wise, just, and good, and the overflowing source of all good.
		These are the reasons why we confess him to be true God and true man—true God in order to conquer death by his power, and true man that he might die for us in the weakness of his flesh.
		We believe and confess one single catholic or universal church—a holy congregation and gathering of true Christian believers, awaiting their entire salvation in Jesus Christ being washed by his blood, and sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
	www.therivercrc.com /beliefs/belgic.htm (8513 words)

	Belgic Confession
		These are the reasons why we confess him to be true God and true man -- true God in order to conquer death by his power, and true man that he might die for us in the weakness of his flesh.
		We believe and confess one single catholic or universal church -- a holy congregation and gathering of true Christian believers, awaiting their entire salvation in Jesus Christ being washed by his blood, and sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
		The Son of God will "confess their names"^84 before God his Father and the holy and elect angels; all tears will be "wiped from their eyes";^85 and their cause -- at present condemned as heretical and evil by many judges and civil officers -- will be acknowledged as the "cause of the Son of God."
	aztec.asu.edu /worship/celebration/creeds/belgic.html (8221 words)

	Officail creed of Dutch/Christian/Canadian Reformed Churches
		We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God-- eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, unchangeable, infinite, almighty; completely wise, just, and good, and the overflowing source of all good.
		The Son took the "form of a servant" and was made in the "likeness of man," truly assuming a real human nature, with all its weaknesses, except for sin; being conceived in the womb of the blessed virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, without male participation.
		II Who teach that the purpose of Christ's death was not to establish in actual fact a new covenant of grace by his blood, but only to acquire for the Father the mere right to enter once more into a covenant with men, whether of grace or of works.
	www.bible.ca /cr-CRef-Belgic.htm (14785 words)

	"The Whole Manner of Worship..." Worship and the Sufficiency of Scripture in Belgic Confession Article 7 by Wes ...
		The authors of this Confession then apply this rule to the Roman Catholic Church and her "new form of worship of God." In reaction to this, the confessors would rather follow the commandments of God than the commandments of men, since men are sinful and fallible creatures.
		Therefore it is correct to conclude that when the Gallican Confession connects the sufficiency of Scripture with worship, it does so primarily in light of the corruptions of the Roman Church, and with a view to the maintenance and reformation of worship of the Church according to Scripture and only Scripture.
		The second paragraph of the Belgic Confession speaks of "custom, the great multitude, antiquity, succession of times and persons, or councils, decrees or statutes." Such cannot be spoken of in regards to the Anabaptists or Mystics.
	www.swrb.com /newslett/actualNLs/wholewes.htm (13571 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: The Belgic Confession, 1561 (1619 version)
		"Calvinist) churches is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the Belgic Confession, following the seventeenth-century Latin designation "Confessio Belgica." "Belgica" referred to the whole of the Netherlands, both north and south, which today is divided into the Netherlands and Belgium.
		The confession's chief author was Guido de Bräs, a Dutch preacher who died a martyr to his faith in 1567.
		The Confession was written to prove to the Catholic government that the adherents of the Reformed faith were not rebels but law-abiding citizens who professed the true Christian doctrine according to the Holy Scriptures.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1562belgicconfession.html (8027 words)

	FRC: Belgic Confession - Articles
		Secondly, he makes himself more clearly fully known to us by his holy and divine Word, that is to say, as far as is necessary for us to know in this life, to his glory and our salvation.
		We confess that this Word of God was not sent, nor delivered by the will of man, but that holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, as the apostle Peter says.
		We believe and confess, that our Saviour Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the sacrament of the holy supper, to nourish and support those whom he has already regenerated, and incorporated into his family, which is his Church.
	www.frcna.org /Creeds/Belgic/bcf.asp (5727 words)

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