Councils and Confessions

Question 1

When and what was the Council of Trent?

Answer 1

1545… Pronounced anathemas against Protestantism

Question 2

When and what was the Augsburg Confession?

Answer 2

1530… Theological Statement prepared by Melanchthon
- Melanchthon changed it some in 1540, revising Total Depravity and the Lord’s Supper (to the chagrin of many Lutherans)

Question 3

When and what was the Helvetic Confession?

Answer 3

1536 confession documenting the common beliefs of Reformed churches in Switzerland

Question 4

When and what was the Gallic Confession?

Answer 4

1559 Confession for French Reformed Churches

Question 5

When and what was the 39 articles of the CoE?

Answer 5

1563

Question 6

When and what was the Scots Confession?

Answer 6

1560

Question 7

When and what was the Heidelberg Catechism?

Answer 7

1563

Question 8

When and what was the Formula Consensus Helvetica?

Answer 8

Written in 1675 in response to Amyraldianism. Adopted by Swiss, like in Geneva

Question 9

Formula of Concord

Answer 9

1577 document that was adopted in 1580 by Lutherans. Solved disunity in the church.

Question 10

Barmen Declaration

Answer 10

• A 1934 declaration adopted by Christians in Nazi Germany who opposed the German Christian movement

Question 11

Vaitcan I

Answer 11

Dates: 1869-1870
- Papal infallibility affirmed when speaking ex cathedra

Question 12

Vatican II

Answer 12

Dates (1962-1965)
- Sought to bring Catholic Faith more in tune with the modern world.
- Protestants seen as separated brethren rather than heretics.