1834: Hendrik de Cock's Return to the True Church

From 1834: Hendrik de Cock's Return to the True Church, by Marvin Kamps, pages 11-21. _________ Formula of Subscription The national Synod of 1816, although leaving the impression that it honored the Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism, took a decision that removed the binding character of these creeds by substituting a new Formula of Subscription for the form adopted by the Synod of Dordt in 1618–19, which always had been honored until this time in the state church. Historically,...