List of Baptist confessions of faith: Difference between revisions

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(Editors note: Although this list includes Anabaptist confessions, true Baptists hold no significant historical or doctrinal similarities with Anabaptists except for the belief in immersion of professing believers. Rather, the editor wishes to provide a list of any significant credobaptist confessions.)


(List is incredibly incomplete, please add to this)
== Anabaptist Confessions ==
* Eighteen Dissertations Concerning the Entire Christian Life and of What It Consists, 1524
* The Schleitheim Confession, 1527
* Discipline of the Believers: How a Christian Ought to Live, 1527
* Ridemann's Rechenshaft, 1540
* The Waterland Confession, 1580
* The Dordrecht Confession, 1632
== Early English Separatist-Baptist Confessions ==
* A True Confession, 1596
* Short Confession of Faith in Twenty Articles by John Smyth, 1609
* A Short Confession of Faith, 1610
* A Declaration of Faith of English People Remaining at Amsterdam in Holland, 1611
* Propositions and Conclusions Concerning True Christian Religion, 1612
== Early English Baptist Associational Confessions ==
* First London Baptist Confession, 1644
* The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations, 1651
* The True Gospel Faith Declared According to the Scriptures, 1654
* The Midland Association Confession, 1655
* The Somerset Confession, 1656
* An Antidote Against the Infection of The Times, 1656
== English Baptist General Confessions ==
* The Standard Confession, 1660
* The Second London Baptist Confession, 1677/89
* The Orthodox Creed, 1678
* A Short Confession or A Brief Narrative of Faith, 1691
* Articles of Religion of the New Connexion, 1770
== American Baptist Confessions ==
* The Philadelphia Confession, 1742
* The Charleston Confession, 1767
* Articles of Faith of the Kehukee Association, 1777
* Terms of Union Between the Elkhorn and South Kentucky, or Separate, Associations, 1801
* Principles of Faith of the Sandy Creek Association, 1816
* The New Hampshire Confession, 1833
* A Treatise on the Faith of the Free Will Baptists, 1834 (rev. 1948)
* Doctrinal Statement of the American Baptist Association, 1905
* Confession of Faith of the Fundamental Fellowship, 1921
* Articles of Faith of the Baptist Bible Union of America, 1923
* Statements of Faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1925/63
* Doctrinal Statement of the North American Baptist Association, 1950
== Confessions of Other Nationalities ==
* The Confession of Faith of the Swedish Baptists, 1861
* Confession of Faith and Ecclesiastical Principles of the Evangelical Association of French-speaking Baptist Churches, 1879/1924
* A Confession of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1925
* Confessions of Faith of the Alliance of Evangelical-Freechurch Congregations (Germany), 1944
* Russian Baptist Confession, 1884

Latest revision as of 03:35, 6 March 2024

(Editors note: Although this list includes Anabaptist confessions, true Baptists hold no significant historical or doctrinal similarities with Anabaptists except for the belief in immersion of professing believers. Rather, the editor wishes to provide a list of any significant credobaptist confessions.)

(List is incredibly incomplete, please add to this)

Anabaptist Confessions

  • Eighteen Dissertations Concerning the Entire Christian Life and of What It Consists, 1524
  • The Schleitheim Confession, 1527
  • Discipline of the Believers: How a Christian Ought to Live, 1527
  • Ridemann's Rechenshaft, 1540
  • The Waterland Confession, 1580
  • The Dordrecht Confession, 1632

Early English Separatist-Baptist Confessions

  • A True Confession, 1596
  • Short Confession of Faith in Twenty Articles by John Smyth, 1609
  • A Short Confession of Faith, 1610
  • A Declaration of Faith of English People Remaining at Amsterdam in Holland, 1611
  • Propositions and Conclusions Concerning True Christian Religion, 1612

Early English Baptist Associational Confessions

  • First London Baptist Confession, 1644
  • The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations, 1651
  • The True Gospel Faith Declared According to the Scriptures, 1654
  • The Midland Association Confession, 1655
  • The Somerset Confession, 1656
  • An Antidote Against the Infection of The Times, 1656

English Baptist General Confessions

  • The Standard Confession, 1660
  • The Second London Baptist Confession, 1677/89
  • The Orthodox Creed, 1678
  • A Short Confession or A Brief Narrative of Faith, 1691
  • Articles of Religion of the New Connexion, 1770

American Baptist Confessions

  • The Philadelphia Confession, 1742
  • The Charleston Confession, 1767
  • Articles of Faith of the Kehukee Association, 1777
  • Terms of Union Between the Elkhorn and South Kentucky, or Separate, Associations, 1801
  • Principles of Faith of the Sandy Creek Association, 1816
  • The New Hampshire Confession, 1833
  • A Treatise on the Faith of the Free Will Baptists, 1834 (rev. 1948)
  • Doctrinal Statement of the American Baptist Association, 1905
  • Confession of Faith of the Fundamental Fellowship, 1921
  • Articles of Faith of the Baptist Bible Union of America, 1923
  • Statements of Faith of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1925/63
  • Doctrinal Statement of the North American Baptist Association, 1950

Confessions of Other Nationalities

  • The Confession of Faith of the Swedish Baptists, 1861
  • Confession of Faith and Ecclesiastical Principles of the Evangelical Association of French-speaking Baptist Churches, 1879/1924
  • A Confession of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1925
  • Confessions of Faith of the Alliance of Evangelical-Freechurch Congregations (Germany), 1944
  • Russian Baptist Confession, 1884