Favourite Reformation-Tradition Confession of Faith

Today I spent some time choosing my favourite reformation-tradition confession of faith.  The contenders were:

• The Westminster Confession
• The Thirty-Nine Articles
• The 1689 Baptist Confession
• The Helvetic Confession
• The Belgic Confession
• The Savoy Declaration

I had expected my fave to be the 1689 Baptist Confession – as I already knew I liked the way it phrases certain things – such as Christian ethics arising from union with Christ… but after skimming through them all, the overall surprise winner is…..

The thirty-nine articles

Why this confession of faith?  A few random reasons:

• It is positive about the value of the apocryphal books, rather than suspicious of them (while still recognising that they aren’t Scripture)
• It’s relatively relaxed about baptism – compared to some of the others!
• It doesn’t mention the Sabbath… so far as I recall

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