We Believe

Christians in every generation must know what they believe. Only then can God’s people declare His truth with clarity and conviction in a confused world.

Throughout the centuries, the church has written summaries of the Bible’s teaching for this reason. Creeds proclaim essential Christian truths, confessions outline the core doctrines of Scripture, and catechisms instruct believers in the knowledge of God. These are invaluable tools to keep us grounded in God’s Word so that we may “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).

Collecting creeds, confessions, and catechisms from the early church to the post-Reformation era, this volume helps readers glean biblical wisdom from the past and guard it for future generations.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Apostles’ Creed (Second Century)
4. Apostles' Creed
5. Chapter 2: Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (325/381)
6. Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
7. Chapter 3: Definition of Chalcedon (451)
8. Definition of Chalcedon
9. Chapter 4: Athanasian Creed (Fifth Century)
10. Athanasian Creed
11. Chapter 5: Luther’s Small Catechism (1529)
12. Luther's Small Catechism
13. Chapter 6: Augsburg Confession (1530)
14. Augsburg Confession | Part 1
15. Augsburg Confession | Part 2
16. Chapter 7: First Helvetic Confession (1536)
17. First Helvetic Confession
18. Chapter 8: Geneva Catechism (1542)
19. Catechism of the Church of Geneva | Part 1
20. Catechism of the Church of Geneva | Part 2
21. Catechism of the Church of Geneva | Part 3
22. Chapter 9: French Confession of Faith (1559)
23. French Confession of Faith
24. Chapter 10: Scots Confession (1560)
25. Scots Confession
26. Chapter 11: Belgic Confession (1561)
27. Belgic Confession
28. Chapter 12: Thirty-Nine Articles (1563)
29. Thirty-Nine Articles
30. Chapter 13: Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
31. Heidelberg Catechism
32. Chapter 14: Second Helvetic Confession (1566)
33. Second Helvetic Confession | Part 1
34. Second Helvetic Confession | Part 2
35. Second Helvetic Confession | Part 3
36. Second Helvetic Confession | Part 4
37. Chapter 15: Canons of Dort (1618–19)
38. Canons of Dort | Part 1
39. Canons of Dort | Part 2
40. Chapter 16: Westminster Confession of Faith (1646–47)
41. Westminster Confession of Faith | Part 1
42. Westminster Confession of Faith | Part 2
43. Chapter 17: Westminster Larger Catechism (1646–47)
44. Westminster Larger Catechism | Part 1
45. Westminster Larger Catechism | Part 2
46. Chapter 18: Westminster Shorter Catechism (1646–47)
47. Westminster Shorter Catechism
48. Chapter 19: Savoy Declaration (1658)
49. Savoy Declaration | Part 1
50. Savoy Declaration | Part 2
51. Savoy Declaration | Part 3
52. Savoy Declaration | Part 4
53. Chapter 20: Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
54. Second London Baptist Confession of Faith | Part 1
55. Second London Baptist Confession of Faith | Part 2
56. Closing Credits