Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical notes. Volume I. The History of Creeds.

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"Creeds of Christendom" (in volumes)

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Preface to the Second Edition
3. Preface to the Third Edition
4. Preface to the Fourth Edition
5. Preface to the Sixth Edition
6. [Original] Table of Contents
7. Additions to the Literature
8. Chapter 1. Of Creeds in General
9. Name and Definition
10. Origin of Creeds
11. Authority of Creeds
12. Value and Use of Creeds
13. Classification of Creeds
14. Chapter 2. The Œcumenical Creeds.
15. General Character of the Œcumenical Creeds.
16. The Apostles' Creed.
17. The Nicene Creed.
18. The Creed of Chalcedon.
19. The Athanasian Creed.
20. Chapter 3. Creeds of the Greek Church
21. The Seven Œcumenical Councils
22. The Confessions of Gennadius, A.D. 1453.
23. The Answers of the Patriarch Jeremiah to the Lutherans, A.D. 1576.
24. The Confession of Metrophanes Critopulus, A.D. 1626.
25. The Confession of Cyril Lucar, A.D. 1631.
26. The Orthodox Confession of Mogilas, A.D. 1643.
27. The Synod of Jerusalem, and the Confession of Dositheus, A.D. 1672.
28. The Synods of Constantinople, A.D. 1672 and 1691.
29. The Doctrinal Standards of the Russo-Greek Church.
30. Anglo-Catholic Correspondence with the Russo-Greek Church.
31. The Eastern Sects: Nestorians, Jacobites, Copts, Armenians.
32. Chapter 4. The Creeds of the Roman Church.
33. Catholicism and Romanism.
34. Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System.
35. The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, A.D. 1563.
36. The Profession of the Tridentine Faith, A.D. 1564.
37. The Roman Catechism, A.D. 1566.
38. The Papal Bulls Against the Jansenists, A.D. 1653, 1713.
39. The Papal Definition of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, A.D. 1854.
40. The Argument for the Immaculate Conception.
41. The Papal Syllabus, A.D. 1864.
42. The Vatican Council, A.D. 1864.
43. The Vatican Decrees. The Constitution of the Catholic Faith.
44. The Vatican Decrees, Continued. The Papal Infallibility Decree.
45. Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Scripture and Tradition.
46. The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church.
47. The Old Catholics.
48. Chapter 5. The Creeds of the Evangelical Churches.
49. The Reformation. Protestantism and Romanism.
50. The Evangelical Confessions of Faith.
51. The Lutheran and Reformed Confessions.
52. The Lutheran Confessions.
53. The Augsburg Confession, 1530.
54. The Apology of the Augsburg Confession. A.D. 1530–1531.
55. Luther's Catechisms. A.D. 1529.
56. The Articles of Smalcald. A.D. 1537.
57. The Form of Concord. A.D. 1577. · Part 1
58. The Form of Concord. A.D. 1577. · Part 2
59. The Form of Concord. A.D. 1577. · Part 3
60. The Form of Concord, Concluded.
61. Superseded Lutheran Symbols. The Saxon Confession. The Würtemberg Confession. 1551.
62. The Saxon Visitation Articles, A.D. 1592.
63. An Abortive Symbol against Syncretism, 1655.
64. The Reformed Confessions.
65. Zwinglian Confessions.
66. Zwingli's Distinctive Doctrines.
67. The First Confession of Basle. A.D. 1534.
68. The First Helvetic Confession. A.D. 1533.
69. The Second Helvetic Confession. A.D. 1566.
70. John Calvin. His Life and Character.
71. Calvin's Work. His Theology and Discipline.
72. The Catechism of Geneva. A.D. 1536 and 1541.
73. The Consensus of Zurich. A.D. 1549.
74. The Consensus of Geneva. A.D. 1552.
75. The Helvetic Consensus Formula. A.D. 1675.
76. The Gallican Confession. A.D. 1559.
77. The Declaration of Faith of the Reformed Church in France. A.D. 1872.
78. The Belgic Confession. A.D. 1561.
79. The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dort, A.D. 1604–1619.
80. The Remonstrance.
81. The Canons of Dort.
82. The Tetrapolitan Confession.
83. The Heidelberg Catechism. A.D. 1563.
84. The Brandenburg Confessions.
85. Minor German Reformed Confessions.
86. The Bohemian Brethren and the Waldenses.
87. The Bohemian Confessions after the Reformation. A.D. 1535 and 1575.
88. The Reformation in Poland and the Consensus of Sendomir. A.D. 1570.
89. The Reformation in Hungary and the Confession of Czenger. A.D. 1557.
90. The English Reformation.
91. The Doctrinal Position of the Anglican Church and Her Relation to Other Churches.
92. The Doctrinal Formulas of Henry VIII.
93. The Edwardine Articles. A.D. 1553.
94. The Elizabethan Articles. A.D. 1563 and 1571.
95. The Interpretation of the Articles.
96. American Revision of the Thirty-nine Articles, A.D. 1801.
97. The Catechisms of the Church of England. A.D. 1549 and 1662.
98. The Lambeth Articles, A.D. 1595.
99. The Irish Articles. A.D. 1615.
100. The Articles of the Reformed Episcopal Church. A.D. 1875.
101. The Reformation in Scotland.
102. John Knox.
103. The Scotch Confession of Faith. A.D. 1560.
104. The Scotch Covenants and the Scotch Kirk.
105. The Scotch Catechisms.
106. The Puritan Conflict.
107. The Westminster Assembly.
108. The Westminster Confession.
109. Analysis of the Westminster Confession.
110. The Westminster Catechisms.
111. Criticism of the Westminster System of Doctrine.
112. The Westminster Standards in America.
113. The Westminster Standards in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
114. General Survey.
115. The Congregationalists.
116. English Congregational Creeds.
117. American Congregational Creeds.
118. The Anabaptists and Mennonites.
119. The Regular or Calvinistic Baptists.
120. Arminian or Free-will Baptists.
121. The Society of Friends, or Quakers.
122. The Moravians.
123. Methodism.
124. Methodists Creeds.
125. Analysis of Arminian Methodism.
126. Calvinistic Methodism.
127. The Catholic Apostolic Church (Called Irvingites).
128. The Articles of the Evangelical Alliance.
129. The Consensus and Dissensus of Creeds.
130. The Disciples of Christ.
131. The Universalists.
132. The Unitarians.