Historical Committee

The Dordrecht Confession of Faith, 1632

Signers

                                     
Now these are, as before mentioned, the chief articles of our general Christian Faith, which we everywhere teach in our congregations and families, and according to which we profess to live; and which, according to our convictions, contain the only true Christian Faith, which the apostles in their time believed and taught; yea, which they testified to by their lives and confirmed by their deaths; in which we will also, according to our weakness, gladly abide, live, and die, that at last, together with the apostles and all the pious we may obtain the salvation of our souls through the grace of God.

Thus were the foregoing articles of faith adopted and concluded by our united churches in the city of Dordrecht, in Holland, on the 21st day of April, in the year of our Lord 1632, and signed by the following ministers and teachers:

DORDRECHT Isaac de Koning, and in behalf of our minister, Jan Jacobs   Hans Cobryssz   Iacuis Terwen   Claes Dircksz   Mels Gysbertsz   Adriaen Cornelissz MIDDELBURGH   Bastiaen Willemsen   Ian Winckelmans HAERLEM    Ian Doom   Pieter Gryspeert   Dirck Woutersz Kolenkamp   Pieter Ioosten BOMMEL   Willem Iansz van Exselt   Gisbert Spiering ROTTERDA:M   Balten Centen Schoenmaker   M. Michielsz   Israel van Halmael   Hendrick Dircksz Apeldoren   Andries Lucken, de jonge [Jr.] FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE COUNTRY   Peeter van Borsel   Antony Hansz KREVELT dito   Harman op den Graff   Weylm Kreynen ZEELANDT   Cornelis de Moir   Isaac Claessz

VLISSINGEN   Oillaert Willeborts   Jacob Pennen   Lieven Marynesz AMSTERDAM   Tobias Govertsz   Pieter Jantz Moyer   Abraham Dircksz    David ter Haer    Pieter Iantz van Singel SCHIEDAM   Cornelis Born   Lambrecht Paeldinck LEYDEN   Mr. C. de Kroninck   Ian Weyns BLOCKZIEL   Claes Claessen   Pieter Peters ZIERICZEE   Anthonis Cornelissz   Pieter Iansz Timmerman UTRECHT   Herman Segers   Ian Hendricksen Hooghvelt   Daniel Horens   Abraham Spronck   Willem van Broeckhuysen GORCUM   Jacob van der Heyde Sebrechts   Ian Iansz V. K. AERNHEM   Cornelis Iansz   Dirck Rendersen

Besides this confession being adopted by so many churches, and signed by their ministers, all the churches in Alsace, in the Palatinate, and in Germany afterwards adopted it unanimously. Wherefore it was translated from the Holland into the languages of these countries--into French and German--for the use of the churches there, and for others, of which this may serve as a notice.

The following attestation was signed by the brethren in Alsace, who examined this confession and adopted it as their own:
    
We, the undersigned, ministers of the word of God, and elders of the church in Alsace, hereby declare and make known, that being assembled this 4th of February in the year of our Lord 1660, at Ohnenheim in the principality of Rappoltstein, on account of the Confession of Faith, which was adopted at the Peace Convention of the Tauffs- gesinten which are called the Flemish, in the city of Dort, on the 21st day of April in the year 1632, and which was printed at Rotterdam by Franciscus von Hochstraten, Anno 1658; and having examined the same, and found it in agreement with our judgment, we have entirely adopted it as our own. Which we, in testimony of the truth, and a firm faith, have signed with our own hands, as follows:

    

Ministers of the Word Hans Muller of Magenheym Hans Ringer of Heydelsheym Jacob Schnewli of Baldenheym Henrich Schneider of Isenheim Rudolph Egli of Kunenheim Adolph Schmidt of Markirch

Deacons Jacob Schmidt of Markirch Bertram Habigh of Markirch Ulrich Husser of Ohnenheym Jacob Gachnauwer of Ohnenheim Hans Rudi Bumen of Jepsenheim Jacob Schneider of Dursantzenheym Henrich Frick of Kunenheym

          
     

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