xiTABLE OF CONTENTS.
(Vol. I.)
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HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM.
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| FIRST CHAPTER. |
| ON CREEDS IN GENERAL. |
| PAGE |
| § 1. | Name and Definition | 3 |
| § 2. | Origin of Creeds | 4 |
| § 3. | Authority of Creeds | 7 |
| § 4. | Value and Use of Creeds | 8 |
| § 5. | Classification of Creeds | 9 |
| SECOND CHAPTER. |
| THE ŒCUMENICAL CREEDS. |
| PAGE |
| § 6. | General Character of the Œcumenical Creeds | 12 |
| § 7. | The Apostles' Creed | 14 |
| § 8. | The Nicene Creed | 24 |
| § 9. | The Creed of Chalcedon | 29 |
| § 10. | The Athanasian Creed | 34 |
| THIRD CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF THE GREEK CHURCH. |
| PAGE |
| § 11. | The Seven Œcumenical Councils | 43 |
| § 12. | The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453 | 46 |
| § 13. | The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576 | 50 |
| § 14. | The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1625 | 52 |
| § 15. | The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631 | 54 |
| § 16. | The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643 | 58 |
xii | § 17. | The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672 | 61 |
| § 18. | The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691 | 67 |
| § 19. | The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church | 68 |
| § 20. | Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek | 74 |
| § 21. | The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians | 78 |
| FOURTH CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH. |
| PAGE |
| § 22. | Catholicism and Romanism | 83 |
| § 23. | Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System | 85 |
| § 24. | The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563 | 90 |
| § 25. | The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564 | 96 |
| § 26. | The Roman Catecism, A.D. 1566 | 100 |
| § 27. | The Papal Bulls against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713 | 102 |
| | Note on the Old Catholics in Holland, 107. | |
| § 28. | The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854 | 108 |
| § 29. | The Argument for the Immaculate Conception | 113 |
| § 30. | The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864 | 128 |
| § 31. | The Vatican Council, A.D. 1870 | 134 |
| § 32. | The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution on the Catholic Faith | 147 |
| § 33. | The Vatican Decrees, Continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree | 150 |
| § 34. | Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition | 163 |
| § 35. | The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church | 189 |
| § 36. | The Old Catholics | 191 |
| FIFTH CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHES. |
| PAGE |
| § 37. | The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism | 203 |
| § 38. | The Evangelical Confessions of Faith | 209 |
| § 39. | The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions | 211 |
xiii | SIXTH CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. |
| PAGE |
| § 40. | The Lutheran Confessions | 220 |
| § 41. | The Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 | 225 |
| § 42. | The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 | 243 |
| § 43. | Luther's Catechisms, A.D. 1529 | 245 |
| § 44. | The Articles of Smalcald, A.D. 1537 | 253 |
| § 45. | The Formula of Concord, A.D. 1577 | 258 |
| § 46. | The Formula of Concord, Concluded | 312 |
| § 47. | Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession, and the Würtemberg Confession, A.D. 1551 | 340 |
| § 48. | The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592. | 345 |
| § 49. | An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, A.D. 1655 | 349 |
| SEVENTH CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCHES. |
| PAGE |
| § 50. | The Reformed Confessions. | 354 |
| I. Reformed Confessions of Switzerland. |
| § 51. | Zwinglian Confessions. The Sixty-seven Articles. The Ten Theses of Berne. The Confession to Charles V. The Confession to Francis I., A.D. 1523-1531 | 360 |
| § 52. | Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines | 369 |
| § 53. | The Confession of Basle, A.D. 1534 | 385 |
| § 54. | The First Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1536 | 388 |
| § 55. | The Second Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1566 | 390 |
| § 56. | John Calvin. His Life and Character | 421 |
| § 57. | | 444 |
| § 58. | The Catechism of Geneva, A.D. 1541 | 467 |
| § 59. | The Zurich Consensus, A.D. 1549 | 471 |
| § 60. | The Geneva Consensus, A.D. 1552 | 474 |
| § 61. | The Helvetic Consensus Formula, A.D. 1675 | 477 |
| II. Reformed Confessions of France and the Netherlands. |
| § 62. | The Gallican Confession, A.D. 1559 | 490 |
| § 63. | The French Declaration of Faith, A.D. 1872 | 498 |
| § 64. | The Belgic Confession, A.D. 1561 | 502 |
xiv | § 65. | The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604-1619. | 508 |
| § 66. | The Remonstrance, A.D. 1610 | 516 |
| § 67. | The Canons of Dort, A.D. 1619 | 519 |
| III. The Reformed Confessions of Germany. |
| § 68. | The Tetrapolitan Confession, A.D. 1530 | 524 |
| § 69. | The Heidelberg Catechism, A.D. 1563 | 529 |
| § 70. | The Brandenburg Confessions | 554 |
| The Confession of Sigismund (1614), 555. |
| The Colloquy at Leipzig (1631), 558. |
| The Declaration of Thorn (1645), 560. |
| § 71. | The Minor German Reformed Confessions. . . | 563 |
| IV. The Reformed Confessions of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary. |
| § 72. | The Bohemian Brethern and the Waldenses before the Reformation | 565 |
| § 73. | The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation, A.D. 1535 and 1575 | 576 |
| § 74. | The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir, A.D. 1570 | 581 |
| § 75. | The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger, A.D. 1557 | 589 |
| V. The Anglican Articles of Religion. |
| § 76. | The English Reformation. | 592 |
| § 77. | The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and her Relation to other Churches | 598 |
| § 78. | The Doctrinal Formularies of Henry VIII. | 611 |
| § 79. | The Edwardine Articles, A.D. 1553. | 613 |
| § 80. | The Elizabethan Articles, A.D. 1563 and 1571 | 615 |
| § 81. | Interpretation of the Thirty-nine Articles | 622 |
| § 82. | Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, A.D. 1801 | 650 |
| § 83. | The Anglican Catechisms, A.D. 1549 and 1662 | 654 |
| § 84. | The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595 | 658 |
| § 85. | The Irish Articles, A.D. 1615 | 662 |
| § 86. | The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church, A.D. 1875 | 665 |
xv | VI. The Presbyterian Confessions of Scotland. |
| § 87. | The Reformation in Scotland | 669 |
| § 88. | John Knox | 673 |
| § 89. | The Scotch Confession, A.D. 1560. | 680 |
| § 90. | The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk | 685 |
| § 91. | The Scotch Catechisms | 696 |
| VII. The Westminster Standards. |
| § 92. | The Puritan Conflict | 701 |
| § 93. | The Westminster Assembly. | 727 |
| § 94. | The Westminster Confession . | 753 |
| § 95. | Analysis of the Confession . | 760 |
| § 96. | The Westminster Catechisms . | 783 |
| § 97. | Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine | 788 |
| § 98. | The Westminster Standards in America | 804 |
| § 99. | The Westminster Standards among the Cumberland Presbyterians | 813 |
| EIGHTH CHAPTER. |
| THE CREEDS OF MODERN EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS. |
| PAGE |
| § 100. | General Survey | 817 |
| § 101. | The Congregationalists | 820 |
| § 102. | English Congregational Creeds | 829 |
| § 103. | American Congregational Creeds | 835 |
| § 104. | Anabaptists and Mennonites | 840 |
| § 105. | The Calvinistic Baptists | 844 |
| § 106. | The Arminian Baptists | 856 |
| § 107. | The Society of Friends (Quakers). | 859 |
| § 108. | The Moravians | 874 |
| § 109. | Methodism | 882 |
| § 110. | Methodist Creeds | 890 |
| § 111. | Arminian Methodism | 893 |
| § 112. | Calvinistic Methodism | 901 |
| § 113. | The Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingites) | 905 |
| § 114. | The Evangelical Alliance. | 915 |
| § 115. | The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds | 919 |
| § 116. | The Disciples of Christ | 930 |
| § 117. | The Universalists. | 933 |
| § 118. | The Unitarians | 954 |