Helvetic Consensus

The Helvetic Consensus (Latin: Formula consensus ecclesiarum Helveticarum) is a Swiss Reformed symbol drawn up in 1675 to guard against doctrines taught at the French academy of Saumur, especially Amyraldism.

References

• The official copy, in Latin and German, is in the archives of Zurich. It was printed in 1714 as a supplement to the Second Helvetic Confession, then in 1718, 1722, and often afterwards.
• H. A. Niemeyer, Collectio Confessionum, pp. 729-739, Leipsic, 1840 (Latin)
• E. G. A. Böckel, Die Bekenntnisschriften der evangelisch-reformirten Kirche, pp. 348-360, ib. 1847 (German).
• J. J. Hottinger, Succincta...Formulae Consensus...historia, Zurich, 1723;
• J. J. Hottinger, Helvetische Kirchengeschichte, iii. 1086 sqq., iv. 258, 268 sqq., Zurich 1708-29.
• C. M. Pfaff, Dissertatio...de Formula Consensus Helvetica, Tübingen, 1723.
• A. Schweizer, Die protestantischen Central-dogmen in ihrer Entwickelung, pp. 439-563, Zurich 1856.
• E. Blösch, Geschichte der schweizerisch-reformirten Kirchen, i. 485-496, ii. 77-97, Bern, 1898-1899.
• P. Schaff, Creeds of Christendom, i. 477-489.