Home›Sources›The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical NotesSourcesThe Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical NotesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-creeds-of-christendom-with-a-history-and-critical-notes.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-creeds-of-christendom-with-a-history-and-critical-notesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-creeds-of-christendom-with-a-history, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical Notes}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-creeds-of-christendom-with-a-history-and-critical-notes}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPhilip Schaff's nineteenth-century compilation gathers the texts of Christian creeds and confessions across denominations with historical notes, and it remains widely used today as a primary-text sourcebook precisely because it collects the original documents themselves rather than paraphrasing them. This atlas states its honest limit plainly: it carries period historical framing from Schaff's own nineteenth-century standpoint, so a claim about a confession's current doctrinal standing in its denomination should be checked against that denomination's own present statement rather than Schaff's period commentary. Use it for the content of a named creed or confession as this compilation presents its actual text; use a current denominational source for current standing.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (164 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2Philip Schaff's nineteenth-century compilation gathering the texts of Christian creeds and confessions across denominations with historical notes; it carries period historical framing from Schaff's own standpoint, so a claim about a confession's current standing needs that denomination's own present statement.NotesWell-attestedPhilip Schaff's standard nineteenth-century reference compilation of Christian creeds and confessions across denominations, with historical notes, still widely used as a primary-text sourcebook. Use for the content of a named creed or confession as this compilation presents its text; a compiled sourcebook with period historical framing, so a claim about a confession's modern doctrinal standing in its denomination should be checked against that denomination's own current statement.CitationAuthorWell-attestedPhilip SchaffPublisherWell-attestedHarper and BrothersPublication YearWell-attested1877URLWell-attestedhttps://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1/creeds1.i.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedreferenceClaims Backed By This Source (164 claims)This source backs 164 claims across the atlas. As facts: 74 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 45 holds, 1 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 9 rejected Here, 6 held Differently. Plus 25 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicCreeds & Confessions, 87 claims: 42 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 30 holds, 13 general references.Denominations, 38 claims: 13 holds, 1 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 9 rejected Here, 6 held Differently, 8 general references.Articles, 24 claims: 23 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Councils and Synods, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 2 general references.Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested74ArticlesA Catechism That Became a ConfessionA Confession Written to Prove LoyaltyA Private Testament That Became PublicA Register of the Quarrel, and What Replaced ItFive Points, and What the Acronym Leaves OutFour Days at the Reformation ParliamentFrom a Preacher's Petition to a Reformed StandardFrom Forty-Two Articles to Thirty-NineHow a Failed Settlement Became a Presbyterian StandardOne Comfort in Life and in DeathSettling the Quarrels Luther Left BehindSubscription, Tract 90, and the Long Argument Over MeaningSuperseded but Not DiscardedThe Book of Concord and Its LimitsThe Three Forms of UnityThe Unaltered Text and Its DescendantsThe Widest Reception of Any Reformed ConfessionThe Word That Left ToledoWhat a Creed Entry CoversWhat Every Household Was Meant to KnowWhy It Is Rarely Recited NowCouncils and SynodsThe Synod of DortCreeds & ConfessionsAthanasian CreedAugsburg ConfessionBelgic ConfessionCanons of DortFormula of ConcordHeidelberg CatechismLuther's Small CatechismNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedScots ConfessionSecond Helvetic ConfessionThe Thirty-Nine Articles of ReligionThe Tridentine Profession of FaithWestminster Confession of FaithSourcesThe Creeds of Christendom, with a History and Critical NotesScholarly debate3Councils and SynodsThe Third Council of ToledoCreeds & ConfessionsScots ConfessionThe Thirty-Nine Articles of ReligionHolds45Councils and SynodsThe Synod of DortCreeds & ConfessionsBelgic ConfessionFormula of ConcordHeidelberg CatechismLuther's Small CatechismScots ConfessionSecond Helvetic ConfessionThe Tridentine Profession of FaithWestminster Confession of FaithDenominationsBaptistChurch of SwedenChurches of ChristDisciples of ChristEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheranismSeventh-day AdventismDoctrinesThe FilioqueConnected1DenominationsBaptistCritiqued Here1DenominationsLutheranismRejected Here9DenominationsBaptistLutheranismProtestantismHeld Differently6DenominationsBaptistChurches of ChristLutheranismGeneral References25ArticlesWhat a Creed Entry CoversCouncils and SynodsThe Synod of DortThe Third Council of ToledoCreeds & ConfessionsAthanasian CreedAugsburg ConfessionBelgic ConfessionCanons of DortFormula of ConcordHeidelberg CatechismLuther's Small CatechismNiceno-Constantinopolitan CreedScots ConfessionSecond Helvetic ConfessionThe Thirty-Nine Articles of ReligionThe Tridentine Profession of FaithWestminster Confession of FaithDenominationsBaptistChurch of SwedenChurches of ChristDisciples of ChristEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaLutheranismProtestantismSeventh-day AdventismDoctrinesThe FilioqueComments (0)No comments yet. 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