List of Christian creeds
has through Church history produced a number of Christian creeds, confessions and statements of faith. The following lists are provided.
In many cases, individual churches will address further doctrinal questions in a set of bylaws. Smaller churches see this as a formality, while churches of a larger size build this to be a large document describing the practical functioning of the church.
Biblical creeds
- Jesus is Lord
- Pre-New Testament Creeds in the New Testament
- Christ died, was raised, then list of eyewitnesses to the resurrection
Ecumenical and historic Christian creeds
Creeds of the early church
- The Didache
- The Creed of Aristides of Athens
- The Old Roman Symbol or Old Roman Creed
- The Creed of Cyprian of Carthage
- The Deir Balyzeh Papyrus
- The Creeds of Arius and Euzoius
- The Creed of Alexander of Alexandria
- The First Synod of Antioch
- The Second Dedication of Antioch
- The Baptismal Creed of Jerusalem
- The Apostolic Constitutions
Interdenominational creeds
- Barmen Declaration of Faith, Confessing Church
- World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith
- National Association of Evangelicals Statement of Faith
- Anglican-Lutheran Pullach Report
- Brief Statement of Faith
- Common Christological Declarations Between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East
Ecumenical creeds
- The Call to Unity, Lausanne
- The Scheme of Union of the Church of South India
- The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Edinburgh
- Affirmation of Union, Edinburgh
- The Constitution of the Church in South India
- Message of the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches
- The Unity We Have and Seek
- A Message from the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches
- The Unity of the Church, St. Andrews
- The Church's Unity, World Council of Churches, New Delhi
- The Holy Spirit and the Catholicity of the Church, Uppsala
- What Unity Requires, Nairobi
- Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, Lima
- Uniatism, Method of Union of the Past, and the Present Search for Full Communion
Denominational creeds
Adventist
- Pillars of Adventism
- Adventist Baptismal Vow
- 28 Fundamental Beliefs
Anabaptist/Mennonite
- Hans Denck's confession Before the Council of Nuremberg
- The Schleitheim Confession
- The Mennonite Concept of Cologne
- The Dordrecht Confession
Anglican
- The Anglican Catechism
- Thirty-Nine Articles
- Lambeth Articles
- Affirmation of St. Louis
Arminian
- Five Articles of Remonstrance
- The Opinions of the Remonstrants
- Remonstrant Confession
Assemblies of God
- Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths
- Assembleia de deus Declaration of faith - Brazil
Baptist
- Thomas Helwys Confession of Faith
- Baptist Confession of Faith
- Baptist Confession of Faith
- The Orthodox Creed of the General Baptists
- The Philadelphia Confession
- New Hampshire Confession of Faith
- The Free-will Baptist Confession
- Abstract Principles for Southern Baptist Seminary
- The Doctrinal Basis of the New Zealand Baptist Union
- Doctrinal Basis of the Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia
- The Statement of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland
- The Statement of Faith of the American Baptist Association
- Johann Kargel's Confession
- Baptist Faith and Message, Southern Baptist Convention
- The Doctrinal Statement of the North American Baptist Association
- Baptist Faith and Message, Southern Baptist Convention
- Baptist Affirmation of Faith, Strict Baptist Assembly
- Romanian Baptist Confession
- The Statement of Beliefs of the North American Baptist Conference
- Baptist Faith and Message, Southern Baptist Convention
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Mission, Vision and Confession
- Christian Church: The Design for the Christian Church
Congregational
- The Cambridge Platform
- Savoy Declaration
- The Declaration of the Congregational Union of England
- The Declaration of the Boston National Council
- The Declaration of the Oberlin National Council
- The "Commission" Creed of the Congregational Church
Eastern Orthodox
- Doctrine of the African Orthodox Church
Huguenot
- Guanabara Confession of Faith
Lutheran
- The Ninety-Five Theses
- Augsburg Confession
- Augsburg Confession
- Apology of the Augsburg Confession
- Book of Concord
- Saxon Visitation Articles
- The Reaffirmed Consensus of the Trinity Lutheran Faith
Methodist
- Minutes of Some Late Conversations
- The Scripture Way of Salvation
- Articles of Religion
- Confession of Faith, United Methodist Church
- Soldier's Covenant of the Salvation Army, a church created by former Methodists
Pentecostal
- Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God: Statement of Faith
Presbyterian
- Scots Confession
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- The Confession of the Waldenses
- The Confession of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- The Confession of the Free Evangelical Church of Geneva
- The Confession of the Free Italian Church
- The Auburn Declaration
- Auburn Affirmation
- Book of Confessions
- The Creed of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Chile
- Living Faith: A statement of Christian Belief, Presbyterian Church in Canada
Puritan/Congregational
- Cambridge Platform
Quaker
- The Confession of the Society of Friends
- Richmond Declaration
Reformed
- The Sixty-seven Articles of Ulrigh Zwingli
- The Evangelical Counsel of Ansbach
- Ten Conclusions of Berne
- First Helvetic Confession
- The Consensus of Geneva
- First Scotch Confession
- Craig's Catechism
- Second Helvetic Confession
- Gallican Confession
- Belgic Confession
- Heidelberg Catechism
- The Hungarian Confession
- Second Scotch Confession
- Irish Articles
- Canons of Dordt
- Westminster Confession of Faith 1646
- Savoy Declaration 1658
- Helvetic Consensus
- Second London Confession of Faith
- Walcheren Articles
- Belhar Confession, Dutch Reformed Mission Church
- Cambridge Declaration
Catholic
- The Edict of Michael Cerularius and of the Synod of Constantinople of 1054
- The Dictatus Papae of Pope Gregory VII
- Council of Florence
- Confutatio Augustana
- Tridentine Creed - Profession of Faith of Pius IV
- Anti-Modernist Oath - Pius X
- Maasai Creed, Holy Ghost Fathers
- Vatican II Council, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
- Credo of the People of God Profession of Faith of Paul VI
- Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I
- Ad Tuendam Fidem of Pope John Paul II
Salvation Army
- Articles of War of The Salvation Army
United Church of Canada
- A New Creed
United Church of Christ
- Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ
Waldensian
- Waldensian Confession
Creeds of specific movements
Neo-Evangelical
- Doctrinal Statement of the Evangelical Theological Society
- Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
- Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics
- Danvers Statement