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Second Helvetic Confession

Note. This is Philip Schaff’s English version. Paragraphs are shown as the translation gives them; they are not numbered in the original, and Scripture references appear inside the text.
  1. I. Of the Holy Scripture Being the True Word of God
  2. II. Of Interpreting the Holy Scriptures; and of Fathers, Councils, and Traditions
  3. III. Of God; the Unity and the Trinity
  4. IV. Of Idols; or of Images of God, of Christ, and of Saints
  5. V. Of the Adoration, Worship, and Invocation of God Through the Only Mediator Jesus Christ
  6. VI. Of the Providence of God
  7. VII. Of the Creation of All Things; of Angels, the Devil, and Man
  8. VIII. Of Man’s Fall; Sin, and the Cause of Sin
  9. IX. Of Free-will, and of Man’s Power and Ability
  10. X. Of the Predestination of God and the Election of the Saints
  11. XI. Of Jesus Christ, Being True God and Man, and the Only Saviour of the World
  12. XII. Of the Law of God
  13. XIII. Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ: Also of Promises; of the Spirit and of the Letter
  14. XIV. Of Repentance, and the Conversion of Man
  15. XV. Of the True Justification of the Faithful
  16. XVI. Of Faith and Good Works; of Their Reward, and of Man’s Merit
  17. XVII. Of the Catholic and Holy Church of God, and of the One Only Head of the Church
  18. XVIII. Of the Ministers of the Church, Their Institution and Offices
  19. XIX. Of the Sacraments of the Church of Christ
  20. XX. Of Holy Baptism
  21. XXI. Of the Holy Supper of the Lord
  22. XXII. Of Holy and Ecclesiastical Meetings
  23. XXIII. Of the Prayers of the Church, of Singing, and of Canonical Hours
  24. XXIV. Of Holydays, Fasts, and Choice of Meats
  25. XXV. Of Catechising, of Comforting and Visiting the Sick
  26. XXVI. Of the Burial of the Faithful, and of the Care Which Is to Be Had for Such As Are Dead; of Purgatory, and the Appearing of Spirits
  27. XXVII. Of Rites, Ceremonies, and Things Indifferent
  28. XXVIII. Of the Goods of the Church, and the Right Use of Them
  29. XXIX. Of Single Life, Wedlock, and Household Government
  30. XXX. Of the Magistracy
  31. Conclusion

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Source
The Second Helvetic Confession
Translation
English version in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. 3 (third edition, 1885); several chapters adapted from the 1586 Harmony of Reformed Confessions
Published
1566
Copyright
Public domain.
License
Public domain
Attribution
Public domain: published before 1931. Text taken from the Wikisource transcription. Compared with a second transcription on reformeddogmatika.com: 89% of the 8-word segments checked matched exactly, and the ones I looked at that differed were Scripture citations set in a different style. The rest of the differences were not checked. Not yet proofread against a printed edition.

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