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	Christian Reformed Churches of Australia - The Belgic Confession Index
		The oldest of the doctrinal standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith, popularly known as the
		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.
		In 1566 the text of this confession was revised at a synod held at Antwerp.
	crca.org.au /content/view/148/48 (356 words)

	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.
		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 1561.
		In 1566 the text of this confession was revised at a synod held at Antwerp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belgic_Confession (375 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.
	www.mb-soft.com /believe/txh/belgic.htm (1128 words)

	Predestination (Calvinism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		We believe that there is one holy church, comprising the whole assembly of the elect and faithful, that have existed from the beginning of the world, or that shall be to the end thereof.
		Furthermore, if acts and deeds do not matter, and if humans cannot even seek and to choose God by themselves, the outcome of the final depository of human souls could just be a result of divine lottery as humans can by no way have any influence on it by themselves.
		While the Bible does state that salvation is by faith alone, it also clearly indicates it isn't [[1]].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Predestination_(Calvinism) (1808 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)

	De Bres and the Birth of the Belgic Confession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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).
		XXXVI (The Magistracy, Civil Government), the Confession was adopted officially as a symbol of the faith of the Reformed Churches.
		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 Belgic Confession of Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.
		Therefore it is impossible that this holy faith can be unfruitful in man: for we do not speak of a vain faith, but of such a faith, which is called in Scripture, a faith that worketh by love, which excites man to the practice of those works, which God has commanded in his Word.
	kingsgarden.org /wallonia/ConfessionWallonne/TraductionAnglaise.html (5854 words)

	Confessions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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.org /gr/Our_Beliefs/Confessions/confessions.html (502 words)

	The Belgic Confession of Faith
		We believe that this true faith being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God, and the operation of the Holy Ghost, doth regenerate and make him a new man, causing him to live a new life, and freeing him from the bondage of sin.
		Therefore it is impossible that this holy faith can be unfruitful in man: for we do not speak of a vain faith, but of such a faith, which is called in Scripture, a faith that worketh by love, which excites man to the practice of those works, which God has commanded in his Word.
		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.prca.org /bc_text2.html (3092 words)

	RCUS - Standards
		You acknowledge, further, that the doctrine contained in the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession of Faith, and the Canons of Dort is in accordance with the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.
		The Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession of Faith, and the Canons of Dort are received as authoritative expressions of the truths taught in the Holy Scriptures, and are acknowledged to be the subordinate standards of doctrine in the Reformed Church in the United States.
		Members of the Church, having died in the faith and hope of the Gospel, shall receive a Christian burial; the burial service may be conducted according to the order prescribed by the Church.
	www.rcus.org /main/standards_constitution_html.asp (11856 words)

	Confessions Of Faith
		The Belgic Confession of Faith - This Reformed confession was prepared in 1561 by Guy de Bres (who was later martyred) and others, and then slightly revised by Francis Junius of Bourges.
		The Westminster Confession of Faith - This confession was produced by the Westminster Assembly of Divines, which had been created by the English Parliament in 1643 to settle various theological and ecclesiastical issues in the British Isles.
		It covers the spectrum of theological topics and is similar to the Belgic Confession.
	www.new-life.net /confsns.htm (595 words)

	Book Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From the Swiss family of documents, Beeke and Ferguson have chosen the Second Helvetic Confession of 1566; the Dutch-German tradition is represented by the Belgic Confession of Faith (1561), the Heidelberg Catechism (1563), and the Canons of Dort (1618-1619).
		The editors have chosen from the Scottish-English heritage the Westminster Confession of Faith and the related Shorter and Larger Catechisms (1647).
		The brief historical introduction to the Reformed confessions is an aid to those of us not as familiar with the Swiss and Dutch-German traditions as we are with the English confessional history.
	www.founders.org /FJ40/reviews.html (357 words)

	Belgic Confession
		So then, it is impossible for this holy faith to be unfruitful in a human being, seeing that we do not speak of an empty faith but of what Scripture calls "faith working through love,"59 which leads a man to do by himself the works that God has commanded in his Word.
		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)

	Orthodox Christian Reformed Church of Burlington, Washington - Belgic Confession
		The confession's chief author was Guido de Bräs, 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 Bräs prepared this confession in the year 1561.
		Therefore it is impossible that this holy faith can be unfruitful in man; for we do not speak of a vain faith, but of such a faith which is called in Scripture a faith working through love, which excites man to the practice of those works which God has commanded in His Word.
	www.burlingtonocrc.com /belgic_confession.html (6435 words)

	Sermon on Belgic Confession Article 30
		According to the Confession of Faith, then, true churches have ministers who preach the Word and administer the sacraments so that "true religion is preserved."
		Though the phrase itself is not mentioned, here the Belgic Confession is teaching a Presbyterian system of church government.
		A faithful member of the church went to the Netherlands to attend the Roman Catholic funeral of a close friend.
	www.trinitycrc.org /BelgicSermons/30a.html (2112 words)

	Sermon on Belgic Confession Article 14a
		A In looking at Article 14 we hear the Belgic Confession affirming the teaching of the Bible that God made and formed man in His "image and likeness" (cf Gen 1:26-27).
		We have to say that the view of the Belgic Confession of Faith is essentially correct.
		These are the attributes mentioned by the Confession of Faith that we find listed in our Scripture passage from Paul's letter to the Ephesians: good, just, holy, and able by his own will to conform in all things to God's will.
	www.trinitycrc.org /BelgicSermons/14a.html (2172 words)

	CONFESSION OF FAITH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The oldest of the Doctrinal Standards of the Christian Reformed Church is the Confession of Faith.
		It is usually called the Belgic Confession because it originated in the Southern Netherlands, now known as Belgium.
		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 Bres prepared this Confession in the year 1561.
	www.almondvalley.org /creeds/confession.htm (308 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)

	Catechisms, Confessions of Faith, Westminster Confession, 1689 London Baptist Confession.
		Catechisms and Confessions of Faith have been used for centuries by Christian families as one of the best tools for imparting knowledge of the great truths of the faith.
		The Westminster Confession is a foundational document for the church, for all time; its influence cannot be underestimated.
		Swiss (the 2nd Helvetic Confession, 1566) and Scottish-English: the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646-47) and the Larger and Shorter Catechism (1647).
	www.graceandtruthbooks.com /catechisms/?page=2&num=15 (1218 words)

	The Belgic Confession
		The confession's chief author was Guido de Bräs, 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 Bräs prepared this confession in the year 1561.
		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.reformed.org /documents/BelgicConfession.html (7976 words)

	The Belgic Confession
		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 Bres prepared this Confession in the year 1561.
		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.members.iinet.net.au /~jvd/Belgic.htm (9047 words)

	History of the Belgic Confession
		Wherefore we confess, that he is very God, and very Man: very God by his power to conquer death; and very man that he might die for us according to the infirmity of his flesh.
		We believe that this true faith being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God, and the operation of the Holy Ghost, does regenerate and make him a new man, causing him to live a new life, and freeing him from the bondage of sin.
		Therefore it is impossible that this holy faith can be unfruitful in man: for we do not speak of a vain faith, but of such a faith, which is called in Scripture, a faith that worketh by love, which excites man to the practice of those works, which God has commended in his Word.
	www.christiandefense.com /BelgicConfession.htm (6036 words)

	Irresistible grace - Theopedia
		Rather, the willingness and ability to do God's will are evidence of God's own faithfulness to save men from the power and the penalty of sin, and since man is so corrupt that he will not decide and cannot be wooed to follow after God, sovereign efficacious grace is required to convert him.
		The doctrine is one of the so-called "five points of Calvinism" that were defined at the Synod of Dort (1618) during the controversy with the Arminian party, which objected to the general predestinarian scheme of the Belgic Confession of Faith.
		The doctrine is most often discussed in comparisons with other salvific schemes and their respective doctrines about the grace of God and the state of mankind after the Fall.
	www.theopedia.com /Irresistible_grace (621 words)

	The Belgic Confession
		We believe that this true faith, being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God and the operation of the Holy Spirit, sanctifies him and makes him a new man, causing him to live a new life, and freeing him from the bondage of sin.
		These works, as they proceed from the good root of faith, are good and acceptable in the sight of God, forasmuch as they are all sanctified by His grace.
		Nevertheless they are of no account towards our justification, for it is by faith in Christ that we are justified, even before we do good works; otherwise they could not be good works, any more than the fruit of a tree can be good before the tree itself is good.
	www.trinityrcus.com /Creeds/Belgic_Confession.htm (5942 words)

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