An engraved panorama of Reformation-era Zürich on Lake Zürich, with a portrait medallion of a Reformer above the city and the cantonal arms below.
R H MDX XII

Reformation Helvetica

Recovering the theology of the Swiss Reformation

Zürich, Geneva, Basel & beyond

Confessions

Confessions & Catechisms

The Reformed tradition wrote its convictions down. These are the documents the movement produced to say, collectively and precisely, what it believed.

Zürich & Basel · 1536

First Helvetic Confession

The Swiss cities' first attempt at a joint statement of faith, drafted as Lutheran and Reformed churches tried to find common ground.

Geneva · 1536

Geneva Confession

Calvin and Farel's short, direct statement of belief, presented to the city not long after Geneva's own break with Rome.

Heinrich Bullinger · 1566

Second Helvetic Confession

Bullinger's mature and widely adopted confession, written in Zürich and eventually accepted by Reformed churches well beyond Switzerland.

Ursinus & Olevianus · 1563

Heidelberg Catechism

"What is your only comfort, in life and in death?" — the Palatinate's catechism, and the Reformation's most pastoral confessional document.