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The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
A confession of faith is a summary of what a church believes, written down so anyone can read it. This one covers the Christian faith in thirty-two short chapters: Scripture, God, creation, Christ, salvation, the Christian life, the church and the last things.
First printed in 1677 and publicly signed in 1689, it is still the confession of many Baptist churches around the world. It is compact, clear and easy to look things up in.
This edition also includes two catechisms, short questions and answers for learning the faith: the Baptist Catechism (1695) and An Orthodox Catechism (1680).
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- Church members, new believers, and anyone who wants to know what Baptists believe.
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Then & Now
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The source text
In those things wherein we differ from others, we have express ourselves with all candor and plainness that none might entertain jealousy of ought secretly lodged in our breasts, that we would not the world should be acquainted with; yet we hope we have also observed those rules of modesty, and humility, as will render our freedom in this respect inoffensive, even to those whose sentiments are different from ours.
Today
In those things wherein we differ from others, we have express ourselves with all candor and plainness that none might entertain jealousy of ought secretly lodged in our breasts, that we would not the world should be acquainted with; yet we hope we have also observed those rules of modesty, and humility, as will render our freedom in this respect inoffensive, even to those whose sentiments are different from ours.
About this edition
Faithful, and easier to read
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1677, owned in 1689), with the Baptist Catechism (1695) and An Orthodox Catechism (1680), from SVRBC's symbolics-data, with the confession's preface and closing statement transcribed for this edition.
95.8% of the words are exactly as in the source. The rest are small corrections, each one recorded.
Open Then & Now- First published
- 1689
- Made from
- SVRBC's text of the Confession and its two catechisms
How this edition was made
Sources
- Source files
- This edition on GitHub
- Licence
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About the authorThe Particular Baptists 1677–1689The London Baptist churches behind the 1689 Confession of Faith.