TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(Vol. I.)

HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM.

FIRST CHAPTER. ON CREEDS IN GENERAL. PAGE § 1. Name and Definition § 2. Origin of Creeds § 3. Authority of Creeds § 4. Value and Use of Creeds § 5. Classification of Creeds

SECOND CHAPTER. THE OECUMENICAL CREEDS. PAGE § 6. General Character of the OEcumenical Creeds § 7. The Apostles' Creed § 8. The Nicene Creed § 9. The Creed of Chalcedon § 10. The Athanasian Creed

THIRD CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE GREEK CHURCH. PAGE § 11. The Seven OEcumenical Councils § 12. The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453 § 13. The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576 § 14. The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1625 § 15. The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631 § 16. The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643

§ 17. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672 § 18. The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691 § 19. The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church § 20. Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek § 21. The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians

FOURTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE ROMAN CHURCH. PAGE § 22. Catholicism and Romanism § 23. Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System § 24. The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563 § 25. The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564 § 26. The Roman Catecism, A.D. 1566 § 27. The Papal Bulls against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713 Note on the Old Catholics in Holland, 107. § 28. The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854 § 29. The Argument for the Immaculate Conception § 30. The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864 § 31. The Vatican Council, A.D. 1870 § 32. The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution on the Catholic Faith § 33. The Vatican Decrees, Continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree § 34. Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition § 35. The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church § 36. The Old Catholics

FIFTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHES. PAGE § 37. The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism § 38. The Evangelical Confessions of Faith § 39. The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions

SIXTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. PAGE § 40. The Lutheran Confessions § 41. The Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 § 42. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, A.D. 1530 § 43. Luther's Catechisms, A.D. 1529 § 44. The Articles of Smalcald, A.D. 1537 § 45. The Formula of Concord, A.D. 1577 § 46. The Formula of Concord, Concluded § 47. Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession, and the Würtemberg Confession, A.D. 1551 § 48. The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592. § 49. An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, A.D. 1655

SEVENTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF THE EVANGELICAL REFORMED CHURCHES. PAGE § 50. The Reformed Confessions. 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 § 52. Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines § 53. The Confession of Basle, A.D. 1534 § 54. The First Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1536 § 55. The Second Helvetic Confession, A.D. 1566 § 56. John Calvin. His Life and Character § 57. § 58. The Catechism of Geneva, A.D. 1541 § 59. The Zurich Consensus, A.D. 1549 § 60. The Geneva Consensus, A.D. 1552 § 61. The Helvetic Consensus Formula, A.D. 1675

II. Reformed Confessions of France and the Netherlands. § 62. The Gallican Confession, A.D. 1559 § 63. The French Declaration of Faith, A.D. 1872 § 64. The Belgic Confession, A.D. 1561

§ 65. The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604-1619. § 66. The Remonstrance, A.D. 1610 § 67. The Canons of Dort, A.D. 1619

III. The Reformed Confessions of Germany. § 68. The Tetrapolitan Confession, A.D. 1530 § 69. The Heidelberg Catechism, A.D. 1563 § 70. The Brandenburg Confessions

The Confession of Sigismund (1614), 555.

The Colloquy at Leipzig (1631), 558.

The Declaration of Thorn (1645), 560. § 71. The Minor German Reformed Confessions. . .

IV. The Reformed Confessions of Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary. § 72. The Bohemian Brethern and the Waldenses before the Reformation § 73. The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation, A.D. 1535 and 1575 § 74. The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir, A.D. 1570 § 75. The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger, A.D. 1557

V. The Anglican Articles of Religion. § 76. The English Reformation. § 77. The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and her Relation to other Churches § 78. The Doctrinal Formularies of Henry VIII. § 79. The Edwardine Articles, A.D. 1553. § 80. The Elizabethan Articles, A.D. 1563 and 1571 § 81. Interpretation of the Thirty-nine Articles § 82. Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, A.D. 1801 § 83. The Anglican Catechisms, A.D. 1549 and 1662 § 84. The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595 § 85. The Irish Articles, A.D. 1615 § 86. The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church, A.D. 1875

VI. The Presbyterian Confessions of Scotland. § 87. The Reformation in Scotland § 88. John Knox § 89. The Scotch Confession, A.D. 1560. § 90. The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk § 91. The Scotch Catechisms

VII. The Westminster Standards. § 92. The Puritan Conflict § 93. The Westminster Assembly. § 94. The Westminster Confession . § 95. Analysis of the Confession . § 96. The Westminster Catechisms . § 97. Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine § 98. The Westminster Standards in America § 99. The Westminster Standards among the Cumberland Presbyterians

EIGHTH CHAPTER. THE CREEDS OF MODERN EVANGELICAL DENOMINATIONS. PAGE § 100. General Survey § 101. The Congregationalists § 102. English Congregational Creeds § 103. American Congregational Creeds § 104. Anabaptists and Mennonites § 105. The Calvinistic Baptists § 106. The Arminian Baptists § 107. The Society of Friends (Quakers). § 108. The Moravians § 109. Methodism § 110. Methodist Creeds § 111. Arminian Methodism § 112. Calvinistic Methodism § 113. The Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingites) § 114. The Evangelical Alliance. § 115. The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds § 116. The Disciples of Christ § 117. The Universalists. § 118. The Unitarians