Confessional Statements and Other Documents
on the Protestant Movement

compiled by Dr. Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES


An Overview of the Protestant Reformation in Europe, 16th and 17 centuries

Timeline of Reformation History: 1517-1685

An Introduction to Protestantism

Background to the Protestant Reformation

Project Wittenberg, Lutheranism

Overview of the Protestant Movement


Martin Luther's 95 Thesis (1517)

Augsburg Confession (1530)

Scottish Confession of Faith (1560)

Belgic Confession (1561)

Heidelberg Catechism (1563)

Institutes of the Christian Religion (1599, English text)

Canons of Dort (1619)

Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)

The Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1647


See our overview of the Protestant Movement included in:

Toward a Classification System of Religious Groups in the Americas

A Family Tree of the Protestant Movement