Creeds & Confessions
The church has always summarized and defended what Scripture teaches. These historic documents are not Scripture — they are the church's confession of Scripture, tested across centuries.
Creeds
The ecumenical confessions of the early church — what all true Christians believe.
The Apostles' Creed The oldest summary of apostolic teaching used in the Western church — a baptismal confession of the Triune God and the gospel facts.The Nicene Creed The church's definitive confession of the full deity of Christ and the Holy Spirit, from the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople.The Definition of Chalcedon The council's confession of Christ as one person in two natures — truly God and truly man, without confusion or division.The Athanasian Creed A detailed confession of the Trinity and the incarnation, traditionally recited to guard the catholic faith against error.
Confessions
The great Reformation-era statements of the whole counsel of God.
The Westminster Confession of Faith The great Reformed confession produced by the Westminster Assembly — 33 chapters beginning with the doctrine of Holy Scripture.The 1689 London Baptist Confession The confession of the Particular Baptists, closely following Westminster while confessing believers' baptism and congregational church order.
Catechisms
Question-and-answer teaching for the home and the church.