First Helvetic Confession

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16th-century Christian text Protestant confession of faith Reformed confession of faith

The First Helvetic Confession is a 16th-century Reformed statement of faith drafted by Swiss theologians that helped define early Protestant doctrine in the Swiss Confederation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
First Helvetic Confession canonical 3
Confessio Helvetica prior 1
Helvetic Confession of 1536 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century Christian text ⓘ
Protestant confession of faith ⓘ
Reformed confession of faith ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
surface form: Confessio Helvetica prior

First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
surface form: Helvetic Confession of 1536
approvedBy Swiss Reformed cantons ⓘ
cities of Zürich, Bern, Basel, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, and Mülhausen ⓘ
confessionalFamily First Helvetic Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Helvetic confessions
containsDoctrineOn Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Christ

God ⓘ
Scripture ⓘ
church ⓘ
justification ⓘ
sacraments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
doctrineType systematic theology ⓘ
draftedBy Benedict Aretius ⓘ
Heinrich Bullinger ⓘ
Kaspar Megander ⓘ
Leo Jud ⓘ
Oswald Myconius ⓘ
Simon Grynaeus ⓘ
Swiss Reformed theologians ⓘ
draftedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
draftedInYear 1536 ⓘ
followedBy Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
historicalContext early Swiss Reformation ⓘ
post-Zwingli Reformed consolidation in Switzerland ⓘ
influenced Reformed Church of France ⓘ
surface form: Reformed churches in France

Reformed churches in Germany ⓘ
Reformed churches in Hungary ⓘ
Reformed churches in Scotland ⓘ
Swiss Reformed Church (majority) ⓘ
surface form: Reformed churches in Switzerland

Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
positionOnImages rejects the use of images in worship ⓘ
positionOnJustification affirms justification by faith ⓘ
positionOnMass rejects the Roman Catholic mass as a sacrifice ⓘ
positionOnSacraments affirms two sacraments, baptism and the Lord's Supper ⓘ
positionOnScripture affirms Scripture as the supreme authority in matters of faith ⓘ
purpose to define early Protestant doctrine in the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
to provide a common Reformed statement of faith for the Swiss churches ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
Reformed churches ⓘ
surface form: Reformed Christianity
theologicalOrientation Calvinist Reformed ⓘ
Zwinglian Reformed ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Helvetic Confession → relatedWork → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Swiss Reformation → hasKeyDocument → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Czech Reformed churches → historicalInfluence → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helvetic Confessions
Zurich church → endorsedConfessionalDocument → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
First Helvetic Confession → alsoKnownAs → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confessio Helvetica prior
First Helvetic Confession → alsoKnownAs → First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helvetic Confession of 1536
First Helvetic Confession → confessionalFamily → First Helvetic Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helvetic confessions