Belgic Confession

Articles of faith drawn up in 1561 for the reformed churches of the southern Netherlands. A moderate statement of Calvinist doctrine, it was widely influential, and between 1566 and 1581 it was accepted by synods at Antwerp, Wesel, Emden, Dort, and Middelburg, and again by the major Synod of Dort in 1619. An English version was adopted by the reformed church of America.

Based on the Gallican Confession of 1559, though less polemical, it was written in French by Guy de Brès and Hadrian à Saravia, and initially intended specifically for the Walloon and Flemish reformed churches. It was soon translated into Dutch, German, English, and Latin.