In the Presbyterian Church we shy away from simple statements of faith, believing that
the work and love of God is too rich and wonderful to describe in simple ways.
For that reason we do not have one single creed or confession. Instead, our beliefs are
expressed in part one of the church’s constitution called the Book of Confessions.
This book contains an assortment of important creeds and statements from across
the whole two-thousand years of the church’s history. Some of these (the Apostles’ Creed,
the Nicene Creed) are shared by nearly all of Christendom. Others are more unique to the
Reformed tradition and emerge from its birth during the Reformation. These include The Scots
Confession (1560), The Heidelberg Catechism (1563) and The Second Helvetic
Confession (1566). Others were written in times of extreme difficulty or change to
address the need of the day, such as The Barmen Confession written in response
to Hitler’s attempt to shape the message of the church.

This page will regularly present different statements from these creeds in hope of showing both
what we believe and how wonderfully this faith has been expressed across the ages.

From The Heidelberg Catechism of 1563

 Question 1: What is your only comfort in life and death?

That I belong-in life and in death-not to myself but to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ,
who at the cost of his won blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from
the dominion of the devil; that he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven
not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that everything must fit his purpose for my salvation.
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me wholeheartedly
willing and ready from now on to live for Him.