1689 LBCF ch. 25: Of Marriage
Source: 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (Chapter 25) · creed
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman; neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman more than one husband, at the same time.
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)
Connections
- proof_text → card_n_3537b1964287
- proof_text → card_n_b3d286d98c09
- proof_text → card_n_2b207a92ea3a
- proof_text → card_n_6bde9b1164eb