AN

HISTORICAL

AND

LITERARY ACCOUNT

OF THE

FORMULARIES,

CONFESSIONS OF FAITH,

OR

SYMBOLIC BOOKS

OF THE

Roman-Catholic,

GREEK, AND PRINCIPAL PROTESTANT
CHURCHES.

INTENDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HORE BIBLICÆ, AND TO THE SYLLOGE CONFESSIONUM, SUB TEMPUS REFORMANDÆ ECCLESIÆ EDITARUM, PRINTED IN 1804,

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

page xi

CHAP. I.

The Symbolic Books received by all Christian Churches, and

some Observations on the Symbol of St. Athanasius, page i

1.-The Symbol of the Apostles

2. The Nicene Symbol

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3. The Symbol of St. Athanasius

ib.

CHAP. II.

The Symbolic Books of the Roman Catholic Church

1. The Council of Trent

2. The Symbol of Pius the fourth-

3.-The Catechism of the Council of Trent

16

4.-Bossuet's Exposition of the Faith of the Catholic

Church, in matters of Controversy

CHAP. III.

CHAP. IV.

The Symbolic Books of the Lutheran Churches

1.-The Confession of Augsburgh

page 26

28

2.—The Analogy of the Confession of Augsburgh 38

43

45

6. The Saxonic and Wirtemburgh Confessions

7.-The_Constitution and Liturgy of the Lutheran

Church

·

8.-Difference between the Roman-catholic and

Lutheran Churches, on the Doctrine of Justi-

fication

ib.

9.-Communication between the Divines of Wirtem-

burgh and the Patriarch of Constantinople, on

the Confession of Augsburgh

51

3.-The Confession of Faith, or Catechism of

Heidelberg

58

CHAP. VIII.

The Articuli Visitatorii of the Electorate of Saxony, page 71

CHAP. IX.

The Symbolic Books of the Arminians

74

СНАР. Х.

The Symbolic Books of the Socinians-Distinction between

them and the Unitarians

79

CHAP. XI.

The Symbolic Books of the Church of England

1.-The English Theological Oaths

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90

91

- 95

2. The Ten Articles, and Six Articles of King

Henry the eighth

3.-The Forty-two Articles of Edward the sixth- 97

4.-The Thirty-nine Articles

5.-The Canons

ib.

99

6. The Controversy on the Authentic Edition of the

Thirty-nine Articles

7.-The Book of Common Prayer

8.-The Homilies

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101

109

112