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	1646 London Baptist Confession of Faith \| The Reformed Reader
		A confession of faith of seven congregations or churches of Christ in London, which are commonly, but unjustly called Anabaptists; published for the vindication of the truth and information of the ignorant; likewise for the taking off those aspersions which are frequently, both in pulpit and print, unjustly cast upon them.
		Faith is ordinarily begotten by the preaching of the gospel, or word of Christ, without respect to any power or agency in the creature; but it being wholly passive, and dead in trespasses and sins, doth believe and is converted by no less power than that which raised Christ from the dead.
		The same power that converts to faith in Christ, carrieth on the soul through all duties, temptations, conflicts, sufferings; and whatsoever a believer is, he is by grace, and is carried on in all obedience and temptations by the same.
	www.reformedreader.org /ccc/1646lbc.htm (1594 words)

	The Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
		Faith which receives Christ's righteousness and depends on Him is the sole instrument of justification, yet this faith is not alone in the person justified, but is always accompanied by all the other saving graces.
		The grace of faith by which the elect are enabled to believe, so that their souls are saved, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily brought into being by the ministry of the Word.
		This faith, although it differs in degree, and may be weak or strong, even at its very weakest is in an entirely different class and has a different nature (like other aspects of saving grace) from the kind of faith and common grace which is possessed by temporary believers.
	www.spurgeon.org /~phil/creeds/bcof.htm (11005 words)

	Confession of Faith
		Faith, thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification: yet is it not alone in the person justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love.
		The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word, by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments, and prayer, it is increased and strengthened.
		This faith is different in degrees, weak or strong; may be often and many ways assailed, and weakened, but gets the victory: growing up in many to the attainment of a full assurance, through Christ, who is both the author and finisher of our faith.
	www.opc.org /wcf.html (4961 words)

	Westminster Confession of Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition.
		The Scottish Commissioners who were present at the Assembly were satisfied with the Confession of Faith, and in 1646, the document was sent to the English parliament to be ratified, and submitted to the General Assembly of the Scottish Kirk.
		In 1903, the PCUSA adopted revisions to the Westminster Confession of Faith that were intended to soften the church's commitment to Calvinism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westminster_Confession_of_Faith (1113 words)

	1689 Baptist Confession of Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Calvinistic Baptists in England to give a formal expression of the Reformed and Protestant Christian faith with an obvious Baptist perspective.
		This confession, like The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) and the Savoy Declaration (1658), was written by evangelical Puritans who were concerned that their particular church organisation reflect what they perceived to be Biblical teaching.
		With the demise of the monarchy, the Westminster Confession was officially declared the statement of faith for both the Church of England (Anglican) and Church of Scotland (Presbyterian).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1689_Baptist_Confession_of_Faith (1399 words)

	PCA: COF PREFACE
		The Presbyterian Church in America received the same Confession and Catechisms as those that were adopted by the first American Presbyterian Assembly of 1789, with two minor exceptions, namely, the deletion of strictures against marrying one's wife's kindred (XXIV,4), and the reference to the Pope as the antichrist (XXV,6).
		The Caruthers edition of the Confession and Catechisms, which is based upon the original manuscript written by Cornelius Burgess is the Edition presented to and adopted by the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America.
		In addition to the Confession, we have included with permission of the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in the United States a historical sketch entitled "The Origin and Formation of the Westminster Confession of Faith." This statement was first ordered printed by the 1906 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
	www.pcanet.org /general/cof_preface.htm (360 words)

	Confession of Faith of the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches
		Recognizing that the Confession of Faith was used by both the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church invited the Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church to participate in the revision.
		The ancient truth which guides this confession of faith is of two sources: (1) the scriptures; and (2) the previous confessions of both Cumberland Presbyterian churches and the previous confessions of the church in its universal expression.
		A confession of faith which is evangelical in purpose and spirit seeks to testify to what God has done and is doing in the world to accomplish the redemption of his children.
	www.cumberland.org /gao/confession/confess.htm (8885 words)

	Westminster Confession - Introduction
		The Westminster Confession of Faith is one document of several commissioned by the English parliament during the English Civil War (1642-1649), in which armies raised by the parliament, in league with Scotland, battled forces loyal to the tyrannical King Charles I and his bishops.
		The Confession was commissioned from an assembly of 121 Puritan clergymen meeting in Westminster Abbey, called the Westminster Assembly, which was convened in 1643 for the purpose of drafting official documents for the reformation of the Church of England.
		The Westminster Confession was adopted entire by the General Assembly of the Scottish Church in 1647 and ratified by the Scottish parliament in 1649.
	www.bible-researcher.com /wescon01.html (1233 words)

	Of the Holy Scripture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The only apparent exception to this fact is found in the case of some Rationalist' in Christian lands; and their exceptional superiority to others of their creed is due to the secondary influences of that system of supernatural religion which they deny, but the power of which they cannot exclude.
		The books of Scripture were written by the instrumentality of men, and the national and personal peculiarities of their authors have been evidently as freely expressed in their writing, and their natural faculties, intellectual and moral, as freely exercised in their production, as those of the authors of any other writings.
		On the other hand, it is true that, with the advance of historical and critical knowledge, and by means of controversies, the Church as a community has made progress in the accurate interpretation of Scripture and in the full comprehension of the entire system of truth revealed therein.
	www.mbrem.com /confessions/wcf1.htm (4792 words)

	"Brief Confession of Faith" by John Calvin
		I confess that we are made partakers of Jesus Christ, and of all his blessings, by the faith which we have in the gospel, that is, when we are truly and surely persuaded that the promises comprehended in it belong to us.
		I confess that faith gives us access to God in prayer, (we ought to pray with firm reliance that he will hear us as he has promised,) and that to it alone belongs the honour of being the primary sacrifice, by which we declare that we ascribe all we receive to him.
		I confess that the Church should be governed by pastors, to whom has been committed the office of preaching the word of God and administering the sacraments; and that, in order to avoid confusion, it is not lawful for any one to usurp this office at pleasure without lawful election.
	www.the-highway.com /brconfess_Calvin.html (1371 words)

	Mennonite Confession of Faith; Introduction
		The Mennonite Church, organized in North America in 1898 by several regional conferences of Swiss-South German background, has recognized a number of confessions: the Schleitheim Articles (Switzerland, 1527), the Dordrecht Confession (Holland, 1632), the Christian Fundamentals (1921), and the Mennonite Confession of Faith (1963).
		The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective was adopted at the delegate sessions of the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, meeting at Wichita, Kansas, July 25-30, 1995.
		This confession guides the faith and life of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.
	www.mennolink.org /doc/cof (765 words)

	Confession of Faith
		Whatever is not revealed in or established by the Holy Scriptures is not to be made an article of faith nor is it to be taught as essential to salvation.
		We believe Baptism signifies entrance into the household of faith, and is a symbol of repentance and inner cleansing from sin, a representation of the new birth in Christ Jesus and a mark of Christian discipleship.
		Those who rightly, worthily and in faith eat the broken bread and drink the blessed cup partake of the body and blood of Christ in a spiritual manner until he comes.
	www.confessingumc.org /doc_confession_faith.html (1461 words)

	Introduction - Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective - Mennonite Church Canada
		The twenty-four articles and summary statement were accepted by both groups as their statement of faith for teaching and nurture in the life of the church.
		Further, the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective is commended to all Christian churches and to those of other faiths or no faith, that they may seriously consider the claims of the gospel of Jesus Christ from this perspective.
		The complete Confession of Faith can be ordered from Faith and Life Resources, MennoLink Books, or your local bookstore (with ISBN 0-8361-9043-2).
	www.mennonitechurch.ca /about/cof (812 words)

	Westminster Confession of Faith
		Note: In 1677, the Second London Confession of Faith eliminated several chapters near the end that tended to mix Church and state, and those Chapters are noted appropriately in the outline below.
		Laing, ed., The Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie; S. Carruthers, The Westminster Confession for Today; W. Hetherington, History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines; A. Mitchell and J. Struthers, Minutes of the Sessions of the Westminster Assembly; J. Murray, "The Theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith," in Scripture and Confession, ed.
		The second part contains (a) exposition of the Decalogue, (b) the doctrine of faith and repentance, and (c) the means of grace (word, sacrament, prayer, concluding with an exposition of the Lord's Prayer).
	mb-soft.com /believe/txh/westmin.htm (1061 words)

	Scottish Confession of Faith (1560)
		Which, albeit we confess are neither given unto us at that only time, neither yet by the proper power and virtue of the sacrament only; yet we affirm that the faithful, in the right use of the Lord's table, have such conjunction with Christ Jesus,[8] as the natural man cannot apprehend.
		We confess and acknowledge that baptism appertains as well to the infants of the faithful, as unto those that be of age and discretion.
		And therefore we confess and avow, that such as resist the supreme power (doing that thing which appertains to his charge), do resist God's ordinance, and therefore cannot be guiltless.
	www.swrb.com /newslett/actualnls/ScotConf.htm (2072 words)

	Confession of Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Confession of Faith is a statement of doctrine very similar to a creed, but usually longer and polemical, as well as didactic.
		Confessions of Faith are in the main, though not exclusively, associated with Protestantism.
		the Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists (Presbyterians) of Wales[4] of 1823.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Confession_of_Faith (283 words)

	Baptist Bible College - Confession of Faith
		In the eternal salvation of all individuals who put their faith in Christ, Whose blood was shed for the remission of sins.
		In the unity of all true believers in the Church, which is the Body of Christ of which He is the sole Head.
		It is the responsibility of the local church to observe the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper, edify itself, and evangelize the world.
	www.bbc.edu /confession.asp (470 words)

	Historic Documents of the Church: Creeds and Confessions
		A Faith to Confess: The Baptist Confession of 1689 rewritten in Modern English
		Confession of Faith of the Calvinistic Methodists or the Presbyterians of Wales
		A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith by Samuel Waldron
	www.monergism.com /thethreshold/articles/topic/confessions.html (1314 words)

	Confession of Faith - Sovereign Truth Ministries
		The Reformed Faith: An Exposition Of The Westminster Confession Of Faith
		The Reformed Faith: An Exposition of the Westmester Confession of Faith by Robert Shaw
		The Confession of Faith: An Exposition of the Westminster Confession by A.A. Hodge
	home.earthlink.net /~calvinist/confessionsoffaith.html (629 words)

	CCMB: We Believe: Confession
		Confessions are used as an outline for instruction, church polity and discipline.
		Contains an overview of our Confession of Faith, with links to the related sections in the detailed version.
		These readings are designed for worship services, as one way of incorporating the content of the Confession of Faith in prayers, public affirmations and statements of commitment.
	www.mbconf.ca /believe/confession/index.en.html (168 words)

	Welcome to the online home of the EPC
		The Westminster Confession of Faith is a confessional statement of orthodox Presbyterianism.
		The Westminster Confession of Faith constitutes a system of biblical truth that an officer of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church is required to believe, acknowledging that each individual court has the freedom to allow exceptions which do not infringe upon the system of doctrine in the Westminster Confession of Faith.
		It is not to be construed as a substitute for the Westminster Confession of Faith.
	www.epc.org /about-epc/beliefs/essentials.html (810 words)

	The French Confession of Faith - A. D. 1559 - John Calvin
		And therefore we confess the three creeds, to with: the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian, because they are in accordance with the Word of God.
		We confess only two sacraments common to the whole Church, of which the first, baptism, is given as a pledge of our adoption; for by it we are grafted into the body of Christ, so as to be washed and cleansed by his blood, and then renewed in purity of life by his Holy Spirit.
		Nevertheless, although it is a sacrament of faith and penitence, yet as God receives little children into the Church with their fathers, we say, upon the authority of Jesus Christ, that the children of believing parents should be baptized.
	www.creeds.net /reformed/frconf.htm (5901 words)

	The Westminster Standards
		The Confession of Faith of the Westminster Assembly of Divines
		The Westminster Confession of Faith: Chapters XXIII-XXVII (Of the Civil Magistrate, Of Marriage and Divorce, Of the Church, Of the Communion of Saints, and Of the Sacraments)
		The Westminster Confession of Faith: Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII (Of Baptism, Of the Lord's Supper, Of Church Censures, Of Synods and Councils, Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead, and Of the Last Judgment)
	members.aol.com /RSICHURCH/faith.html (288 words)

	Association of Classical Christian Schools - Confession of Faith
		The second is a general evangelical confession of faith.
		The third (C and D) is an abridged version of the first two chapters of the Westminster Confession of Faith.
		It is mandatory that all ACCS board members, and all member schools and affiliate members, subscribe to the confession of faith below in a manner and method prescribed by the board of directors, either by written statement or by oral testimony before the board.
	www.accsedu.org /page.aspx?id=36664 (1507 words)

	Midland Confession of Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		That though Adam was created righteous, yet he fell through the temptations of Satan; and his fall overthrew, not only himself, but his posterity, making them sinners by his disobedience; so that we are by nature children of wrath, and defiled from the womb, being shapen in iniquity and conceived in sin.
		12th That all those who have faith wrought in their hearts by the power of God, according to his good pleasure, should be careful to maintain good works, and to abound in them, acting from principles of true faith and unfeigned love, looking to God's glory as their main end.
		That those who profess faith in Christ, and make the same appear by their fruits, are the proper subjects of Baptism.
	www.pb.org /articles/mcfaith.html (530 words)

	Confession of Faith
		CONFESSION OF FAITH OF THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH
		You believe in the existence of one only living and true God, the Creator, Preserver, and Governor of the universe; omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent; self-existent, independent, immutable; possessed of infinite benevolence, wisdom, holiness, justice, mercy, and truth, and who is the only proper object of worship.
		You believe that we are justified by the righteousness of Christ alone, through faith, and not by any fastings, alms, penances, or other deeds of our own; and that while good works are inseparable from true faith, they can never be meritorious ground of salvation before God.
	www.aeuna.org /confession_of_faith.htm (374 words)

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