Belgic Confession, Article 02: The Means by Which We Know God
This excerpt from the Belgic Confession's Article 2 articulates the Reformed understanding of God's self-revelation through two primary means: general revelation through creation and providence, and special revelation through Scripture. The article grounds the doctrine of divine knowability in both the natural world and God's Word, emphasizing that creation itself testifies to God's eternal power while Scripture provides the clear knowledge necessary for salvation.
Article 2: The Means by Which We Know God We know God by two means:First, by the creation, preservation, and government of the universe, since that universe is before our eyes like a beautiful bookin which all creatures, great and small, are as letters to make us ponder the invisible things of God:God’s eternal power and divinity, as the apostle Paul says in Romans 1:20.All these things are enough to convict humans and to leave them without excuse.Second, God makes himself known to us more...