1689 LBCF ch. 27: Of the Communion of Saints
Source: 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (Chapter 27) · creed
All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their Head by his Spirit and faith — although they are not made thereby one person with him — have fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Rufinus of Aquileia, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed (c. AD 404)
- manuscript_tradition: Pirminius, De singulis libris canonicis scarapsus (c. AD 750) — earliest received form
- translation: Latin (Symbolum Apostolicum) — Western Church
- citation_tradition: Cited by every major catechism since 8th century
- republication: CCEL — Creeds of Christendom (Schaff)
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