Belgic Art. 24: Man's Sanctification and Good Works
Source: Belgic Confession (1561) (Article 24) · creed
We believe that this true faith, being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word of God and the operation of the Holy Ghost, regenerates and makes him a new man, causing him to live a new life and freeing him from the bondage of sin.
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