FAEC MONTREAL

THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL STATEMENT OF FAITH

Constantinople, Turkey — July 1, 1846

THE ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL STATEMENT OF FAITH

Constantinople, Turkey · July 1, 1846

  1. We believe in One God, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth, infinite in wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth, who upholds and governs all things according to His sovereign will.
  2. We believe in the Holy Trinity: that the One God eternally exists in three Persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost—co-equal in power and glory.
  3. We believe in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, and that the Bible alone is the supreme, infallible, and only rule of Christian faith and practice.
  4. We believe in the fall and total spiritual depravity of mankind: that through transgression all human beings are alienated from God and stand in need of redemption.
  5. We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, perfect God and perfect man, the only Mediator between God and man, who by His incarnation, sinless life, atoning death on the cross, and bodily resurrection is the only Savior of the world.
  6. We believe in the necessity of regeneration and spiritual renewal wrought in the human heart by the Holy Ghost, whereby sinners are born again into newness of life.
  7. We believe that justification is by grace alone through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ, and not by human merit or works of the law.
  8. We believe that true saving faith produces holiness of heart and life, and that it is the sacred duty of every believer to walk in obedience to God’s commandments and in love toward all people.
  9. We believe that worship belongs to God alone through Jesus Christ our only Mediator, and we reject the veneration of relics, images, and the intercession of saints.
  10. We believe in the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment at the return of Christ, issuing in eternal life for the redeemed and eternal condemnation for the impenitent.
  11. We believe that the Holy Universal Church consists of all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the sole Head of the Church, and that Christ instituted two sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
  12. We believe in the supreme commission of our risen Lord to proclaim the Gospel to every creature: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."