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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Second Helvetic Confession canonical 14
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 ⓘ
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 (17)

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

Presbyterian → hasKeyConfession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck → followsConfession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: Helvetic Confessions
Second Helvetic Confession → originalTitle → Second Helvetic Confession self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confessio Helvetica posterior
Evangelical Reformed Church (regional church) → confessionalBasis → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Swiss Reformation → hasKeyDocument → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Hungarian Reformed churches → confession → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Heinrich Bullinger → notableWork → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Heinrich Bullinger → authorOf → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Zurich church → endorsedConfessionalDocument → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Zurich church → keyConfessionalText → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Scotland (as doctrinal standard in part) → hasDoctrinalStandardInPart → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Scotland (as doctrinal standard in part) → isInfluencedBy → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Graubünden Reformed churches → confessionalStandard → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
First Helvetic Confession → followedBy → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
First Helvetic Confession → influenced → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Reformed Church of Zurich → confessionalBasis → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
Book of Confessions → hasPart → Second Helvetic Confession ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Second Helvetic Confession