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This We Believe: the Second Helvetic Confession

Our next foray into theology class will be to explore another of our most influential statements of faith, the Second Helvetic Confession. “Helvetic” means “Swiss” (it’s from Helvetia, the Latin word...

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This We Believe: the Second Helvetic Confession, chapters 1 and 2

Here we go, with our study of the Second Helvetic Confession, written in 1566 by Heinrich Bullinger, pastor and theologian in Zurich. For more introduction, see last week’s post here. As I noted...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part II

Sorry this is late…the book sale got the better of my time management system! better late than never, right? (btw: there are still books. you should buy them. ) Today we consider chapters 3, 4, and 5,...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part III

This week we look and chapters 6 and 7 of the Second Helvetic Confession, which talk about Providence and God’s Creation. The word “providence” is often misunderstood. Think of the word “provide” and...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part IV

This week we continue our study of the Second Helvetic Confession with everyone’s favorite topics: Sin and Free Will! That’s right, we’re into chapters 8 and 9 this week! I confess that I have a hard...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part V

woohoo, the Predestination chapters (10 and 11)!! Okay, I’m a weirdo. “God has elected us out of grace. From eternity God has freely, and of his mere grace, without any respect to men, predestined or...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part VI

We are now on to chapters 12-16, which the study guide in the Book of Confessions says is the section about “Reception of Salvation and New Life in Christ.” The Chapters are titled “Of the Law of God”...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part VIIa

Section 7, as laid out in the study guide, consists of chapters 17-21 and is about “Church, Ministry and Sacraments.” As you might imagine, this is a ridiculously long section. So we’ll take it a bit...

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part VIIb

Today we explore chapter 18, “Of the Ministers of the Church, Their Institution and Duties.” In this chapter is one of my favorite descriptions of what pastors do…see if you can guess which one it is....

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This We Believe: Second Helvetic Confession, part VIIc

Today we’ll finish up part 7 with chapters 19, 20, and 21–the sacraments! “Sacraments are mystical symbols, or holy rites, or sacred actions, instituted by God himself, consisting of his Word, of signs...

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