The Constitution of the Reformed Dutch Church of North America

by Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

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THE

CONSTITUTION

OF THE

REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH

OF

NORTH AMERICA:

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

FORMULARIES FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCHES; TOGETHER WITH THE RULES AND ORDERS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GENERAL SYNOD.

THE CATECHISM, ARTICLES OF FAITH, CANONS OF THE SYNOD OF DORDRECHT, AND LITURGY.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY G. W. MENTZ & SON,

No. 53 North Third Street.

1840

Extract from the Minutes of the General Synod, at their Session in June, 1840.

“Resolved, That the publication of the Constitution, by Messrs. Mentz, be under the supervision of the Rev. John Ludlow, D.D. George W. Bethune, D.D., and James B. Hardenbergh, D.D.”

We certify that this Book has been published under our inspection, agreeably to the above order of General Synod.

JOHN LUDLOW,
GEO. W. BETHUNE,
JAS. B. HARDENBERGH.

Contents (not listed in original)

• Constitution of the Reformed Dutch Church

  Constitution

  Appendix

  Rules

• Catechism, Articles of Faith, Canons, and Liturgy

  The Catechism

  A Compendium of the Christian Religion

  The Confession of Faith

  Canons

  The Liturgy

  Forms

  Consolation of the Sick

  The Nicene Creed

  The Athanasian Creed