Belgic Art. 1: There is One Only God
Source: Belgic Confession (1561) (Article 1) · creed
We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God — eternal, incomprehensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the overflowing fountain of all good.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Original French 1561 — Guido de Bres
- translation: Dutch translation (Synod of Antwerp 1566)
- critical_edition: Synod of Dort revision (1618-19)
- republication: CCEL — Belgic Confession
- proof_text: Scripture proof texts