Second Helvetic Confession

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Christian doctrinal statement Reformed confession of faith symbolic book

The Second Helvetic Confession is a major 16th-century Reformed statement of faith, widely influential in shaping Presbyterian and other Reformed churches’ doctrine and practice.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Confessio Helvetica posterior	1
Helvetic Confessions	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian doctrinal statement ⓘ Reformed confession of faith ⓘ symbolic book ⓘ
affirmsDoctrine	Trinity ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ original sin ⓘ predestination ⓘ sacraments as means of grace ⓘ sola Scriptura ⓘ two natures of Christ ⓘ
approvedBy	Basel church ⓘ Bern church ⓘ Electoral Palatinate ⓘ Graubünden Reformed churches ⓘ Schaffhausen church ⓘ Scotland (as doctrinal standard in part) ⓘ St. Gallen church ⓘ Zurich church ⓘ
author	Heinrich Bullinger ⓘ
commissionedBy	Frederick III, Elector Palatine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
dateRevised	1564 ⓘ
dateWritten	1562 ⓘ
influenced	Czech Reformed churches ⓘ Reformed Church of France ⓘ surface form: French Reformed churches Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) ⓘ surface form: German Reformed churches Hungarian Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Hungarian Reformed Church Polish Reformed churches ⓘ Presbyterian churches worldwide ⓘ Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Scottish Presbyterianism Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Swiss Reformed churches Hungarian Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Transylvanian Reformed Church
language	Latin ⓘ
numberOfSacraments	2 ⓘ
originalTitle	Second Helvetic Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Confessio Helvetica posterior
partOf	Reformed confessional tradition ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizesSacrament	Lord's Supper ⓘ baptism ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	invocation of saints ⓘ purgatory as taught by medieval Catholicism ⓘ transubstantiation ⓘ
rejectsPractice	image worship ⓘ
relatedWork	First Helvetic Confession ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ Reformed churches ⓘ surface form: Reformed Christianity
statusInHungary	official confession of the Hungarian Reformed Church ⓘ
statusInSwitzerland	one of the chief symbols of Swiss Reformed churches ⓘ
supportsPractice	church discipline ⓘ preaching of the Word ⓘ presbyterial church government ⓘ public worship regulated by Scripture ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Calvinist ⓘ
yearAdopted	1566 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Heinrich Bullinger → authorOf → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Hungarian Reformed churches → confession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → confessionalBasis → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck → followsConfession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helvetic Confessions

Presbyterian → hasKeyConfession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Swiss Reformation → hasKeyDocument → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Heinrich Bullinger → notableWork → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ

Second Helvetic Confession → originalTitle → Second Helvetic Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confessio Helvetica posterior