theWord Creeds Pack

theWord Creeds Pack
By David Cox

In this pack, I am including various creeds and doctrinal affirmations from different persuasions, but mostly Calvinist-Reformed perspective. This is because they are the most proficient at making, using, and demanding doctrinal creeds. I consider any catechism the same as a creed or confession of faith.

Some of these in the theWord Creeds Pack are not Calvinist-Reformed by the way. The Athanasian Creed is from the first centuries of the church, and it is an affirmation of the trinity. Martin Luther’s catchecisms are a basic document of the Reformation, and although Luther is the founder of the Lutheran Church, his creed or confession or catechism is basically a denouncing of Roman Catholicism. The Baltimore Catechism is Roman Catholic so that you can see how it compares with the many protestant confessions here.

Contents of theWord Creeds Pack

anonymous-athanasian-creed(creed){fathers}.gbk.twm
anonymous-westminster-confession(creed){presbyterian}.gbk.twm
augustine-confessions-of-saint-augustine(creed).gbk.twm
baptist-confession-of-1689(creed)(baptist)(calv).gbk.twm
baptist-confession-of-1689(kerkham)(creed).gbk.twm
barclay-r-a-catechism-and-confession-of-faith(creed).gbk.twm
binning-a-practical-catechism(creed).gbk.twm
bouwman-belgic-confession(creed).gbk.twm
canons-of-dort-tulip(creed).gbk.twm
gadsbys-catechism(creed){baptist}.gbk.twm
hodge-aa-commentary-westminster-confession(creed){presbyterian}.gbk.twm
kinkead-baltimore-catechism-of-christian-doctrine(creed){catholic}.gbk.twm
luther-larger-catechism(creed){luther}.gbk.twm
luther-smaller-catechism(creed).gbk.twm
melanchthon-philipp-apology-of-the-augsburg-confession(creed).gbk.twm
mennonite-confession-of-faith-with-supplements1963©(creed){baptist}.gbk.twm
spurgeon-c-h-a-puritan-catechism-with-proofs(creed)(wlue777){baptist}{reformed}.gbk.twm
westminster-shorter-catechism(creed).gbk.twm

The Mennonite Confession is from the Mennonite group, which are technically a descendent from the anabaptists. But they are not really Baptists if you examine their doctrine and practice. The Westminster confessions have a shorter and a longer version, which the longer version have the verses written out. Several of these creeds are Baptist, but basically these are Reformed Baptists, and/or Calvinists. While the Baptists do have a set of distinctive doctrines and practices, these are better found in the Baptist distinctives rather than in a particular Baptist confession or creed. Where Baptists resort to Creeds and Confessions, basically these are Reformed Baptists (Calvinists) and not all Baptists are Reformed.

Saint Augustine was a church father, and I would probably consider him to be more leaning towards Catholicism than Protestant thoughts and ideology. You should also be careful with him.