Source

The Dordrecht Confession of Faith

The Dordrecht Confession of Faith is a primary seventeenth century Anabaptist confessional document, adopted by Dutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht in 1632 and still used by some Mennonite and Amish groups as a statement of faith today. As the ministers' own primary confessional text it is the correct source for what this specific Anabaptist confession states in its own words. Its limit is that it is a primary doctrinal statement from one specific time and place within a broader and more varied Anabaptist movement, so a claim about Anabaptist belief generally, beyond what this particular confession states, or about how later groups have modified their own confessional standards since, needs a source addressing that wider or later context.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

A primary seventeenth century Anabaptist confessional document adopted by Dutch Mennonite ministers, read here as the tradition's own primary statement of doctrine of that period rather than independent scholarship on Anabaptist history.

Notes

A primary seventeenth-century Anabaptist confessional document, adopted by Dutch Mennonite ministers at Dordrecht in 1632 and still used by some Mennonite and Amish groups today. Use to document what this confession states as Mennonite doctrine of that period; it is the tradition's own primary statement, not independent scholarship on Anabaptist history.

Citation

Author

Dutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht

Publication Year

1632

URL

https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Dordrecht_Confession_of_Faith_%28Mennonite%2C_1632%29

Source Type

Confessional statement

Connections

Associated With

Amish

This source names Amish directly: "and still used by some Mennonite and Amish groups as a statement of faith today."

Source The Dordrecht Confession of FaithDutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht

Dordrecht

This source names Dordrecht directly: "The Dordrecht Confession of Faith is a primary seventeenth century Anabaptist confessional document, adopted by Dutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht in 1632 and still used by some..."

Source The Dordrecht Confession of FaithDutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht

Mennonites

This source names Mennonites directly: "The Dordrecht Confession of Faith is a primary seventeenth century Anabaptist confessional document, adopted by Dutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht in 1632 and still used by some..."

Source The Dordrecht Confession of FaithDutch Mennonite ministers assembled at Dordrecht

Claims Backed By This Source (39 claims)

This source backs 39 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds, 1 connected, 1 critiqued Here, 1 held Differently. Plus 12 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
Doctrines, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 held Differently, 2 general references.
Rituals, 6 claims: 2 holds, 1 critiqued Here, 3 general references.
Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
Denominations, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 3 general references.
Practices, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.