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- i. Introduction
- ii. Offices and Supervision of Doctrine
- Article 2. The Offices
- Article 3. The Calling to Office
- Article 4. Eligibility for the Ministry
- Article 5. Ordination and Installation of Ministers of the Word
- Article 6. Bound to a Church
- Article 7. Recent Converts
- Article 8. Exceptional Gifts
- Article 9. From One Church to Another
- Article 10. Proper Support
- Article 11. Dismissal
- Article 12. Bound for Life
- Article 13. Retirement of Ministers
- Article 14. Temporary Release
- Article 15. Preaching in Other Places
- Article 16. The Office of Ministers of the Word
- Article 17. Equality Among the Ministers of the Word
- Article 18. Missionaries
- Article 19. Training for the Ministry
- Article 20. Students of Theology
- Article 21. An Edifying Word
- Article 22. The Office of Elder
- Article 23. The Office of Deacon
- Article 24. Term of Office
- Article 25. Equality to Be Maintained
- Article 26. Subscription to the Confession
- Article 27. False Doctrine
- Article 28. Civil Authorities
- iii. The Assemblies
- Article 29. The Ecclesiastical Assemblies
- Article 30. Ecclesiastical Matters
- Article 31. Appeals
- Article 32. Credentials
- Article 33. Proposals
- Article 34. Proceedings
- Article 35. President
- Article 36. Clerk
- Article 37. Jurisdiction
- Article 38. Consistory
- Article 39. Consistory and the Deacons
- Article 40. Constitution of a Consistory
- Article 41. Places Without a Consistory
- Article 42. Meetings of Deacons
- Article 43. Archives
- Article 44. Classis
- Article 45. Counsellors
- Article 46. Church Visitors
- Article 47. Regional Synod
- Article 48. Deputies of Regional Synod
- Article 49. General Synod
- Article 50. Churches Abroad
- Article 51. Mission
- iv. Worship, Sacraments, and Ceremonies
- Article 52. Worship Services
- Article 53. Days of Commemoration
- Article 54. Days of Prayer
- Article 55. Psalms and Hymns
- Article 56. Administration of Sacraments
- Article 57. Baptism
- Article 58. Schools
- Article 59. Baptism of Adults
- Article 60. Lord's Supper
- Article 61. Admission to the Lord's Supper
- Article 62. Attestations
- Article 63. Marriage
- Article 64. Church Records
- Article 65. Funerals
- v. Christian Discipline
- Article 66. Nature and Purpose
- Article 67. Consistory Involvement
- Article 68. Excommunication
- Article 69. Repentance
- Article 70. Readmission
- Article 71. Suspension and Deposition of Office-bearers
- Article 72. Serious and Gross Sins on the Part of Office-bearers
- Article 73. Christian Censure
- Article 74. No Lording It Over Others
- Article 75. Property of the Churches
- Article 76. Observance and Revision of the Church Order
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- Form for the Baptism of Infants
- Form for the Baptism of Adults
- Form for the Public Profession of Faith
- Form for the Celebration of the Lord's Supper
- Abbreviated Form for the Celebration of the Lord's Supper
- Form for the Excommunication of Non-Communicant Members
- Form for the Excommunication of Communicant Members
- Form for Readmission into the Church of Christ
- Form for the Ordination (or Installation) of Ministers
- Form for the Ordination (or Installation) of Missionaries
- Form for the Ordination of Elders and Deacons
- Form for the Solemnization of Marriage
- Prayers
- A General Confession of Sins and Prayer Before the Sermon and on Days of Fasting and Prayer
- A Prayer for All the Needs of Christendom
- A Public Confession of Sins and Prayer Before the Sermon
- A Prayer After the Sermon
- A Prayer Before the Explanation of the Catechism
- A Prayer After the Explanation of the Catechism
- A Prayer Before Meals
- Thanksgiving After Meals
- A Prayer for the Sick and the Spiritually Distressed
- A Prayer for the Sick and the Spiritually Distressed
- A Morning Prayer
- An Evening Prayer
- An Opening Prayer for Ecclesiastical Assemblies
- A Closing Prayer for Ecclesiastical Assemblies
- An Opening Prayer for the Meetings of the Deacons
- Doctrine
- Creeds
- Apostles' Creed
- Athanasian Creed
- Nicene Creed
- Confessions
- The Belgic Confession
- i. God and the Means by Which He is Known
- Article 1 - There Is Only One God
- Article 2 - How God Makes Himself Known to Us
- Article 3 - the Word of God
- Article 4 - The Canonical Books
- Article 5 - the Authority of Holy Scripture
- Article 6 - the Difference Between the Canonical and Apocryphal Books
- Article 7 - the Sufficiency of Holy Scripture
- Article 8 - God Is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons
- Article 9 - Scripture Proof of This Doctrine
- Article 10 - Jesus Christ True and Eternal God
- Article 11 - the Holy Spirit True and Eternal God
- ii. Creation, Providence, the Fall and Consequences
- iii. Election, Christ, and the Benefits of Salvation
- Article 16 - Divine Election
- Article 17 - the Rescue of Fallen Man
- Article 18 - the Incarnation of the Son of God
- Article 19 - the Two Natures in the One Person of Christ
- Article 20 - the Justice and Mercy of God in Christ
- Article 21 - the Satisfaction of Christ Our High Priest
- Article 22 - Our Justification Through Faith in Christ
- Article 23 - Our Righteousness Before God
- Article 24 - Our Sanctification and Good Works
- Article 25 - Christ, the Fulfilment of the Law
- Article 26 - Christ's Intercession
- iv. Church and Sacraments
- Article 27 - the Catholic Christian Church
- Article 28 - Everyone's Duty to Join the Church
- Article 29 - the Marks of the True and the False Church
- Article 30 - the Government of the Church
- Article 31 - the Officers of the Church
- Article 32 - the Order and Discipline of the Church
- Article 34 - the Sacrament of Baptism
- Article 35 - the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
- v. Church and the Government
- i. God and the Means by Which He is Known
- Heidelberg Catechism
- Lord's Day 1
- The First Part - Our Sin and Misery
- The Second Part - Our Deliverance
- Lord's Day 5
- Lord's Day 6
- Lord's Day 7
- Lord's Day 8
- God the Father and Our Creation
- Lord's Day 9
- Lord's Day 10
- God the Son and Our Redemption
- Lord's Day 11
- Lord's Day 12
- Lord's Day 13
- Lord's Day 14
- Lord's Day 15
- Lord's Day 16
- Lord's Day 17
- Lord's Day 18
- Lord's Day 19
- God the Holy Spirit and Our Sanctification
- Lord's Day 20
- Lord's Day 21
- Lord's Day 22
- Our Justification
- Lord's Day 23
- Lord's Day 24
- Word and Sacraments
- Lord's Day 25
- Holy Baptism
- Lord's Day 26
- Lord's Day 27
- The Lord's Supper
- Lord's Day 29
- Lord's Day 30
- Lord's Day 31
- The Third Part - Our Thankfulness
- Canons of Dordt
- First Head of Doctrine
- Divine Election and Reprobation
- Rejection of Errors
- Second Head of Doctrine
- Christ's Death and Man's Redemption Through it
- Rejection of Errors
- Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine
- The Corruption of Man, his Conversion to God and the Manner in Which it Occurs
- Rejection of Errors
- Fifth Head of Doctrine
- The Perseverance of the Saints
- Rejection of Errors
- Churches
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- L M N O P Q R S
- T U V
- Tiggelaar, Bert
- van Beveren, M.
- Van Dam, Cornelis
- Van Dam, S Carl
- van Popta, George
- van Popta, John
- Van Raalte, Theodore
- Van Rietschoten, John
- Vandeburgt, D.
- Vander Velde, Clarence
- Vanluik, Matthew
- VanOene, W. W. J.
- VanSpronsen, Cornelius
- Vanspronsen, Julius
- VanVliet, Jason
- VanWoudenberg, John
- Vermeulen, R.L
- Versteeg, Henry
- Visscher, Gerhard
- Visscher, J
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- Assemblies
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- Classis Central Ontario
- Classis Central Ontario Ottawa (Jubilee) - June 11, 2010
- Classis Central Ontario Flamborough - March 12, 2010
- Classis Central Ontario Burlington - Waterdown (Rehoboth) - September 18, 2009
- Classis Central Ontario Burlington - Waterdown (Rehoboth) - June 12, 2009
- Classis Central Ontario Burlington (Fellowship) - March 13, 2009
- Classis Central Ontario Burlington (Ebenezer) - September 12, 2008
- Classis Central Ontario Toronto (Bethel) - June 13, 2008
- Classis Niagara
- Classis Northern Ontario
- Classis Northern Ontario Guelph - March 26, 2010
- Classis Northern Ontario Grand Valley - September 25, 2009
- Classis Northern Ontario Fergus (North) - June 26, 2009
- Classis Northern Ontario Fergus (Maranatha) - March 27, 2009
- Classis Northern Ontario Elora - September 19, 2008
- Classis Northern Ontario Brampton - April 4, 2008
- Classis Ontario West
- Classis Ontario West Ancaster - September 1, 2010
- Classis Ontario West London (Pilgrim) - June 16, 2010
- Classis Ontario West Kerwood - March 24, 2010
- Classis Ontario West London (Pilgrim) - November 18, 2009
- Classis Ontario West Hamilton (Providence) - September 16, 2009
- Classis Ontario West Hamilton (Cornerstone) - June 17, 2009
- Classis Ontario West Kerwood - March 11, 2009
- Classis Ontario West Chatham - November 5, 2008
- Classis Ontario West Ancaster - June 18, 2008
- Regional Synod West
- Classis Alberta
- Classis Manitoba
- Classis Manitoba Winnipeg (Grace) - March 26, 2010
- Classis Manitoba Winnipeg (Grace) - December 4, 2009
- Classis Manitoba Denver - September 25, 2009
- Classis Manitoba Carman (West) - March 20, 2009
- Classis Manitoba Carman (East) - December 12, 2008
- Classis Manitoba Winnipeg (Redeemer) - September 12, 2008
- Classis Manitoba Winnipeg (Grace) - March 14, 2008
- Classis Pacific East
- Classis Pacific West
- Classis Pacific West Langley - June 8, 2010
- Classis Pacific West Houston - April 6, 2010
- Classis Pacific West Houston - December 14, 2009
- Classis Pacific West Cloverdale - October 6, 2009
- Classis Pacific West Cloverdale - June 16, 2009
- Classis Pacific West Langley (Willoughby Heights) - March 3, 2009
- Classis Pacific West Surrey (Maranatha) - October 7, 2008
- Classis Pacific West Surrey (Maranatha) - June 24, 2008
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The consistory shall call the congregation together for worship twice on the Lord's Day. The consistory shall ensure that, as...
Each year the churches shall, in the manner decided upon by the consistory, commemorate the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension...
In time of war, general calamities, and other great afflictions the presence of which is felt throughout the churches, a...
The metrical Psalms adopted by general synod as well as the Hymns approved by general synod shall be sung in...
The sacraments shall be administered only under the authority of the consistory, in a public worship service, by a minister...
The consistory shall ensure that the covenant of God is sealed by baptism to the children of believers as soon...
The consistory shall ensure that the parents, to the best of their ability, have their children attend a school where...
Adults who have not been baptized shall be engrafted into the Christian church by holy baptism upon their public profession...
The Lord's supper shall be celebrated at least once every three months....
The consistory shall admit to the Lord's supper only those who have made public profession of the Reformed faith and...
Communicant members who move to a sister-church shall be given, after previous announcements to the congregation, an attestation regarding their...
The consistory shall ensure that the members of the congregation marry only in the Lord, and that the ministers -...
The consistory shall maintain church records in which the names of the members and the dates of their birth, baptism,...
Funerals are not ecclesiastical but family affairs, and should be conducted accordingly....