Reformed

[GospelStandard]

How Reformed are you? What Reformed Catechism and Confession do you hold to?

 

[JM]

GospelStandard, do you hold to the Gospel Standards?

~JM~

 

[Proeliator]

Lbcf

 

[edie19]

My church uses the London Baptist Confession. We study both Keach's Catechism and the Westminster Larger Catechism. All are only adjuncts to Scripture however.

 

[Knight]

LBCF though I admit to not having read the whole thing...

 

[JM]

I guess the [FONT=&quot]London Baptist Confession of 1644/46.

My wife and I use [with our children] [/FONT]A CATECHISM FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, written 1798 by Richard Cecil.

C.H. Spurgeon has a wonderful catechism that I do use from time to time A PURITAN CATECHISM, 1855.

 

[Eryk]

I'm a member of a Sovereign Grace Ministries church. We are "Essentially Reformed with a significant charismatic dimension".

From the website:

What do you mean by "essentially Reformed"?

A helpful way to summarize it is that we hold to a Reformed soteriology (the doctrine of salvation). We believe that God is sovereign over all things, including the salvation of individual sinners, and that all things, including salvation, have as their ultimate goal the glory of God. Such a perspective keeps the gospel central and grace amazing.

We do believe and cherish the doctrines that historically have been called the "TULIP" (Total depravity; Unconditional election; Limited atonement or, more accurately phrased, particular redemption; Irresistible grace or, more accurately phrased, effectual calling; and Perseverance of the saints). However, we never want to focus on more narrow aspects of Reformed theology to the neglect of truths that are central, and that we share with many other Christians. These truths include the gospel, sola fide (justification by faith alone), and sola Scriptura (Scripture alone as the sole infallible source of doctrine and authority).

While we believe these components of the Reformed perspective faithfully represent the teaching of Scripture, our ultimate theological commitment is not to a particular system of theology, but to theology that is Biblical. We have no other boast but the cross of Christ.

The word "essentially" also refers to a few aspects of doctrine and practice that are common to many Reformed traditions but to which we do not hold. These include infant baptism, cessationism (the belief that some "miraculous" spiritual gifts have ceased), and some traditionally Reformed types of church government.

 

[Erinwilcox]

My church holds to the London Baptist Confession of Faith and we learn The Shorter Catechism: a Modest Revision for Baptists Today

 

[jer3119]

How Reformed are you? What Reformed Catechism and Confession do you hold to?

Gospel Standard:

Do you hold to the Current Gospel Standard Articles of faith as originally established under Philpot's tenure as the Editor of their publication?

In Him,
jer3119

 

[mlqurgw]

Though the Doctrines of Grace hold me strongly I do not consider myself as Reformed. I hold to no confessions. I highly respect the Reformers and read them but disagree with them in many things. Though I am a Baptist I am not Reformed Baptist. I guess you could say that I am closer to men such as Gill and Huntington though I sometimes disagree with them also. My favorite commentator is Hawker who was an Anglican. I really don't fit into any mold.

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

I do not currently attend a Reformed church, but I have gone through and make use of both the Westminster Standards and the 3FU, as well as the LBCF. Also, I have greatly benefited from and would recommend the Second Helvetic Confession, which I discovered while looking into the Hungarian Reformed church in my neighborhood. When I was still in my credo days I used Keach's catechism. I am currently working through the Heidelberg Catechism.

 

[JimfromOhio]

I am a member of Presbyterian Church in America that PCA's "Reformed" defines the doctrinal beliefs holds that the purest expressions of scriptural doctrine are found in the Calvinistic creeds, particularly the Westminster Confession of Faith. There is a term called "PRESBYTERIAN CREEDS" which lists various creeds that we follow:
Nicene Creed
The Apostles' Creed
The Scots Confession
The Heidelberg Catechism
The Second Helvetic Confession
The Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Catechisms
The Theological Declaration of Barmen,
The Confession of 1967, and "A Brief Statement of Faith".

The PCA Historical Center show the historical happenings within the PCA history and clarify what PCA actually believe in detail in a section called "Position Papers & Studies".

 

[GospelStandard]

GospelStandard, do you hold to the Gospel Standards?

~JM~

Gospel Standard:

Do you hold to the Current Gospel Standard Articles of faith as originally established under Philpot's tenure as the Editor of their publication?

In Him,
jer3119

I would say that in general or on the whole yes (although there are areas that I would deviate slightly from what they teach) however I do not belong to the Gospel Standard Baptists.

 

[GospelStandard]

I am currently working through the Heidelberg Catechism.

I love the Heidelberg Catechism. Have you come across Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism?

 

[PETE_]

This is a collection some showed me. Covers a bunch of them. I can pm you the file if interested. They are organized well

Ancient Creeds
The Apostles' Creed
The Nicene Creed
The Athanasian Creed
The Chalcedonian Creed

Reformed Confessions
The Three Forms of Unity
The Belgic Confession of Faith

The Canons of Dort

The Heidelberg Catechism
The Westminster Standards
The Westminster Confession of Faith
The Larger Catechism
The Shorter Catechism

Continental Reformed Confessions
The French Confession
The Second Helvetic Confession
The Waldensian Confession

Other

The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion
The Savoy Declaration of Faith andOrder
The London Confession of BaptistFaith

For Practice

The Children's Catechism
The Shorter Catechism

Modern Statements
The Lausanne Covenant
The Manila Manifesto
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

 

[Paleoconservatarian]

I love the Heidelberg Catechism. Have you come across Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism?

I haven't read it, but it's on my wish list.

 

[JM]

I would say that in general or on the whole yes (although there are areas that I would deviate slightly from what they teach) however I do not belong to the Gospel Standard Baptists.

Are you a baptist?

 

[GrinningDwarf]

How Reformed are you? What Reformed Catechism and Confession do you hold to?

I've only been 'Reformed' for a few years. My church is not Reformed, and I don't know that there is any particular Confession or Catechism I could say I 'hold to' at this time. I'm most familiar with the Westminster Confession and Shorter Catechism, but I think it's mainly beacuse I have found more materials relating to those. I've always been credo-baptist, but since learning more about covenant theology through Michael Horton over the last year or so, I've become more open to paedo-baptism...but I'm not converted there yet!

 

[lmnop9876]

wouldn't really say i hold to any reformed confessions or catechisms per se.
i do hold to the apostles, nicene, and athanasian creeds; definition of chalcedon & anathemas of constantinople.
and i substantially agree with the scots confession & 39 articles of faith; westminster shorter catechism

 

[Iosias]

How Reformed are you? What Reformed Catechism and Confession do you hold to?

I hold to the 39 Articles and the Three Forms of Unity. Also the Second Helvetic Confession, Scots Confession and the Westminster Standards.