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The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes

Philip Schaff

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  title = {The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes},
  author = {Philip Schaff},
  year = {1877},
  url = {https://lectern.restorationcommons.org/d/schaff/creeds-of-christendom-1}
}

Contents

  1. Table of Contentsp. 3
  2. Title Pagep. 10
  3. Prefatoryp. 11
    1. Prefacep. 12
    2. Preface to the Second Editionp. 14
    3. Preface to the Third Editionp. 15
    4. Preface to the Fourth Editionp. 16
    5. Preface to the Sixth Editionp. 17
    6. [Original] Table of Contentsp. 18
    7. Additions to the Literaturep. 25
  4. Chapter 1. Of Creeds in Generalp. 30
    1. Name and Definitionp. 31
    2. Origin of Creedsp. 33
    3. Authority of Creedsp. 35
    4. Value and Use of Creedsp. 37
    5. Classification of Creedsp. 38
  5. Chapter 2. The Œcumenical Creeds.p. 40
    1. General Character of the Œcumenical Creeds.p. 41
    2. The Apostles' Creed.p. 43
    3. The Nicene Creed.p. 54
    4. The Creed of Chalcedon.p. 61
    5. The Athanasian Creed.p. 66
  6. Chapter 3. Creeds of the Greek Churchp. 74
    1. The Seven Œcumenical Councilsp. 75
    2. The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453.p. 77
    3. The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576.p. 82
    4. The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1626.p. 84
    5. The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631.p. 86
    6. The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643.p. 90
    7. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672.p. 93
    8. The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691.p. 99
    9. The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church.p. 100
    10. Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek Church.p. 106
    11. The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians.p. 110
  7. Chapter 4. The Creeds of the Roman Church.p. 114
    1. Catholicism and Romanism.p. 115
    2. Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System.p. 117
    3. The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563.p. 122
    4. The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564.p. 128
    5. The Roman Catechism, A.D. 1566.p. 132
    6. The Papal Bulls Against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713.p. 135
    7. The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854.p. 141
    8. The Argument for the Immaculate Conception.p. 146
    9. The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864.p. 160
    10. The Vatican Council, A.D. 1864.p. 166
    11. The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution of the Catholic Faith.p. 179
    12. The Vatican Decrees, Continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree.p. 183
    13. Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition.p. 194
    14. The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church.p. 217
    15. The Old Catholics.p. 219
  8. Chapter 5. The Creeds of the Evangelical Churches.p. 232
    1. The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism.p. 233
    2. The Evangelical Confessions of Faith.p. 238
    3. The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions.p. 240
  9. Chapter 6. The Creeds of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.p. 248
    1. The Lutheran Confessions.p. 249
    2. The Augsburg Confession, 1530.p. 255
    3. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession. A.D. 1530–1531.p. 272
    4. Luther's Catechisms. A.D. 1529.p. 274
    5. The Articles of Smalcald. A.D. 1537.p. 282
    6. The Form of Concord. A.D. 1577.p. 287
    7. The Form of Concord, Concluded.p. 336
    8. Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession. The Würtemberg Confession. 1551.p. 363
    9. The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592.p. 367
    10. An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, 1655.p. 373
  10. Chapter 7. The Creeds of the Evangelical Reformed Churchesp. 377
    1. The Reformed Confessions.p. 378
    2. I. Reformed Confessions of Switzerland.p. 384
      1. Zwinglian Confessions.p. 385
      2. Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines.p. 394
      3. The First Confession of Basle. A.D. 1534.p. 408
      4. The First Helvetic Confession. A.D. 1533.p. 412
      5. The Second Helvetic Confession. A.D. 1566.p. 414
      6. John Calvin. His Life and Character.p. 440
      7. Calvin's Work. His Theology and Discipline.p. 463
      8. The Catechism of Geneva. A.D. 1536 and 1541.p. 484
      9. The Consensus of Zurich. A.D. 1549.p. 488
      10. The Consensus of Geneva. A.D. 1552.p. 491
      11. The Helvetic Consensus Formula. A.D. 1675.p. 495
    3. The Reformed Confessions of France and the Netherlands.p. 506
      1. The Gallican Confession. A.D. 1559.p. 507
      2. The Declaration of Faith of the Reformed Church in France. A.D. 1872.p. 515
      3. The Belgic Confession. A.D. 1561.p. 519
      4. The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604–1619.p. 525
      5. The Remonstrance.p. 533
      6. The Canons of Dort.p. 536
    4. III. Reformed Confessions of Germany.p. 540
      1. The Tetrapolitan Confession.p. 541
      2. The Heidelberg Catechism. A.D. 1563.p. 546
      3. The Brandenburg Confessions.p. 570
      4. Minor German Reformed Confessions.p. 578
    5. The Reformed Confessions of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary.p. 580
      1. The Bohemian Brethren and the Waldenses.p. 581
      2. The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation. A.D. 1535 and 1575.p. 592
      3. The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir. A.D. 1570.p. 597
      4. The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger. A.D. 1557.p. 604
    6. V. the Anglican Articles of Religion.p. 607
      1. The English Reformation.p. 608
      2. The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and Her Relation to Other Churches.p. 614
      3. The Doctrinal Formulas of Henry VIII.p. 627
      4. The Edwardine Articles. A.D. 1553.p. 630
      5. The Elizabethan Articles. A.D. 1563 and 1571.p. 632
      6. The Interpretation of the Articles.p. 639
      7. American Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles, A.D. 1801.p. 666
      8. The Catechisms of the Church of England. A.D. 1549 and 1662.p. 670
      9. The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595.p. 674
      10. The Irish Articles. A.D. 1615.p. 678
      11. The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church. A.D. 1875.p. 681
    7. The Presbyterian Confessions of Scotland.p. 685
      1. The Reformation in Scotland.p. 686
      2. John Knox.p. 691
      3. The Scotch Confession of Faith. A.D. 1560.p. 697
      4. The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk.p. 702
      5. The Scotch Catechisms.p. 712
    8. The Westminster Standards.p. 717
      1. The Puritan Conflict.p. 718
      2. The Westminster Assembly.p. 741
      3. The Westminster Confession.p. 765
      4. Analysis of the Westminster Confession.p. 772
      5. The Westminster Catechisms.p. 794
      6. Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine.p. 800
      7. The Westminster Standards in America.p. 815
      8. The Westminster Standards in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.p. 826
  11. Chapter 8. The Creeds of Modern Evangelical Denominations.p. 830
    1. General Survey.p. 831
    2. The Congregationalists.p. 834
    3. English Congregational Creeds.p. 843
    4. American Congregational Creeds.p. 850
    5. The Anabaptists and Mennonites.p. 855
    6. The Regular or Calvinistic Baptists.p. 859
    7. Arminian or Free-will Baptists.p. 870
    8. The Society of Friends, or Quakers.p. 872
    9. The Moravians.p. 886
    10. Methodism.p. 894
    11. Methodists Creeds.p. 902
    12. Analysis of Arminian Methodism.p. 905
    13. Calvinistic Methodism.p. 912
    14. The Catholic Apostolic Church (Called Irvingites).p. 916
    15. The Articles of the Evangelical Alliance.p. 928
    16. The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds.p. 931
    17. The Disciples of Christ.p. 942
    18. The Universalists.p. 945
    19. The Unitarians.p. 946
  12. Index to Volume Ip. 948
  13. Indexesp. 974
    1. Index of Scripture Referencesp. 975
    2. Index of Citationsp. 980
    3. Index of Namesp. 985
    4. Greek Words and Phrasesp. 1006
    5. Hebrew Words and Phrasesp. 1017
    6. Latin Words and Phrasesp. 1018
    7. German Words and Phrasesp. 1061
    8. French Words and Phrasesp. 1075
    9. Index of Pages of the Print Editionp. 1078
  14. Related Booksp. 1079