Reformed Confessions is a Windows Help file containing several historical and Reformed Christian Confessions. Use it like you would any other Windows Help file (see screenshot below). I hope all who use it may gain a deeper understanding of the Bible, theology, and Christian history, and so ultimately grow in their walk with Christ. The texts given here are either in the public domain or are used with permission.
Organization - The confessions are organized by chapter or article. (In the case of the Waldensian Confession, the articles are grouped because they are so small.) The catechism questions are grouped topically and are set up in such a way that one can view all the questions (though not necessarily the Bible references) on a particular page without having to scroll up or down, assuming a full screen and use of the original font size (Arial 10). The exception is the Heidelberg Catechism, which is organized based on Lord's Days. Some confessions and catechisms, such as the French Confession or Larger Catechism, have brief descriptions in parentheses beside the articles or questions on a document's Table of Contents page. These carry no official or authorized status; they are just reading aids I have added.
Text Formatting - Throughout Reformed Confessions Bible quotes in the text (some of which may actually be paraphrases) are given in dark blue italics. No one translation was used. The Bible translation used in a particular text was the one that came with that text and may or may not be used in another text. Bible references are footnoted. All footnotes are [numbers in brackets]. Additions to a particular text, such as in article III of the Waldensian Confession, are noted in {braces}. Deletions from an earlier text, such as in chapter XX, article IV of the Westminster Confession, are in [dark gray enclosed by brackets]. Small replacements of text, such as in article IV of the Belgic Confession, are footnoted. Large replacements of text, such as in chapter XXIII of the Westminster Confession, are treated as both {additions} and [deletions]. Some texts, such as the Second Helvetic Confession, have small comments concerning the translation, and these are footnoted.
Table of Contents
Ancient Creeds
The
Apostles' Creed
The Nicene Creed
The Athanasian Creed
The
Chalcedonian Creed
Reformed Confessions
The
Three Forms of Unity
The Belgic Confession of Faith
The
Canons of Dort
The Heidelberg Catechism
The Westminster Standards
The
Westminster Confession of Faith
The Larger Catechism
The
Shorter Catechism
Continental Reformed Confessions
The
French Confession
The Second Helvetic Confession
The
Waldensian Confession
Other
The
Thirty-nine Articles of Religion
The Savoy Declaration
of Faith and Order
The London Confession of Baptist Faith
For Practice
The
Children's Catechism
The Shorter Catechism
Modern Statements
The
Lausanne Covenant
The Manila Manifesto
The Chicago
Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
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IMPORTANT NOTE
Microsoft abandoned support for Windows .hlp files with the introduction of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Thus these operating systems will not natively allow Refcon3 to run. However, Microsoft has issued "patches" for these systems since many people still have applications and help files that use the .hlp format. If you are running either of these operating systems you can download the "patch" for your respective system below. The Windows 7 download includes the patch for both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) systems. To install the patch for your respective system, simply double-click the included ".msu" file.
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