Belgic Confession
Table of Contents
1
There Is One Only God
2
By What Means God is Made Known Unto Us
3
The Written Word of God
4
Canonical Books of the Holy Scriptures
5
From Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive Their Dignity and Authority
6
The Difference Between the Canonical and Apocryphal Books
7
The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith
8
God is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons
9
The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity of Persons in One God
10
Jesus Christ is True and Eternal God
11
The Holy Ghost is True and Eternal God
12
The Creation
13
Divine Providence
14
The Creation and Fall of Man, and His Incapacity to Perform What is Truly Good
15
Original Sin
16
Eternal Election
17
The Recovery of Fallen Man
18
Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ
19
The Union and Distinction of the Two Natures in the Person of Christ
20
God Hath Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ
21
The Satisfaction of Christ, Our Only High Priest, For Us
22
Our Justification Through Faith in Jesus Christ
23
Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists
24
Man's Sanctification and Good Works
25
The Abolishing of the Ceremonial Law
26
Christ's Intercession
27
The Catholic Christian Church
28
Every One is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church
29
The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church
30
The Government of and Offices in the Church
31
The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons
32
The Order and Discipline of the Church
33
The Sacraments
34
Holy Baptism
35
The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ
36
The Magistrates
37
The Last Judgment
The Belgic Confession
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1
There Is One Only God
2
By What Means God is Made Known Unto Us
3
The Written Word of God
4
Canonical Books of the Holy Scriptures
5
From Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive Their Dignity and Authority
6
The Difference Between the Canonical and Apocryphal Books
7
The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith
8
God is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons
9
The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity of Persons in One God
10
Jesus Christ is True and Eternal God
11
The Holy Ghost is True and Eternal God
12
The Creation
13
Divine Providence
14
The Creation and Fall of Man, and His Incapacity to Perform What is Truly Good
15
Original Sin
16
Eternal Election
17
The Recovery of Fallen Man
18
Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ
19
The Union and Distinction of the Two Natures in the Person of Christ
20
God Hath Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ
21
The Satisfaction of Christ, Our Only High Priest, For Us
22
Our Justification Through Faith in Jesus Christ
23
Wherein Our Justification Before God Consists
24
Man's Sanctification and Good Works
25
The Abolishing of the Ceremonial Law
26
Christ's Intercession
27
The Catholic Christian Church
28
Every One is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church
29
The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church
30
The Government of and Offices in the Church
31
The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons
32
The Order and Discipline of the Church
33
The Sacraments
34
Holy Baptism
35
The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ
36
The Magistrates
37
The Last Judgment