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Writings

• catechisms · 1647

  The Westminster Shorter Catechism

  A short catechism of Christian doctrine, beginning with man's chief end.

• confessions · 1563 / 1571

  The Thirty-Nine Articles

  The Reformation confession of the English church.

• councils · 451

  The Definition of Chalcedon

  The church's confession that Christ is one person in two natures.

• creeds

  Luther's Little Instruction Book: The Small Catechism of Martin Luther

  Small Catechismis the abridged version of Luther's Large Catechism. Written in the traditional catechism form of a query followed by an answer, these brief Q and As explain the backbone of Lutheran theology.

• creeds · 325 / 381

  The Nicene Creed

  The confession of the undivided church, received at Nicaea and expanded at Constantinople.

• creeds · received form by c. 700

  The Apostles' Creed

  The short baptismal confession of the Western church.

All writings