CONFESSION · 1561 AD · REFORMED (CONTINENTAL)

Belgic Confession

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1561 AD

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Reformed (Continental)

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QUOTED IN THE BEREAN TEXT

10 quotations in this document are given in the Berean Standard Bible. 39 more are left in the document's own older wording, each marked where it stands.

CONTENTS

The Only God

ARTICLE 1

We all believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that there is a single and simple spiritual being, whom we call God- eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, unchangeable, infinite, almighty; completely wise, just, and good, and the overflowing source of all good.

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Berean Standard Bible Public domain

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