Second Helvetic Confession (Contents)

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I. Of The Holy Scripture Being The True Word of God
II. Of Interpreting The Holy Scripture; and of Fathers, Councils, and Traditions
III. Of God, His Unity and Trinity
IV. Of Idols or Images of God, Christ and The Saints
V. Of The Adoration, Worship and Invocation of God Through The Only Mediator Jesus Christ
VI. Of the Providence of God
VII. Of The Creation of All Things: Of Angels, the Devil, and Man
VIII. Of Man's Fall, Sin and the Cause of Sin
IX. Of Free Will, and Thus of Human Powers
X. Of the Predestination of God and the Election of the Saints
XI. Of Jesus Christ, True God and Man, the Only Savior of the World
XII. Of the Law of God
XIII. Of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, of the Promises, and of the Spirit and Letter
XIV. Of Repentance and the Conversion of Man
XV. Of the True Justification of the Faithful
XVI. Of Faith and Good Works, and of Their Reward, and of Man's Merit
XVII. Of The Catholic and Holy Church of God, and of The One Only Head of The Church
XVIII. Of The Ministers of The Church, Their Institution and Duties
XIX. Of the Sacraments of the Church of Christ
XX. Of Holy Baptism
XXI. Of the Holy Supper of the Lord
XXII. Of Religious and Ecclesiastical Meetings
XXIII. Of the Prayers of the Church, of Singing, and of Canonical Hours
XXIV. Of Holy Days, Fasts and the Choice of Foods
XXV. Of Catechizing and of Comforting and Visiting the Sick
XXVI. Of the Burial of the Faithful, and of the Care to Be Shown for the Dead; of Purgatory, and the Appearing of Spirits
XXVII. Of Rites, Ceremonies and Things Indifferent
XXVIII. Of the Possessions of the Church
XXIX. Of Celibacy, Marriage and the Management of Domestic Affairs
XXX. Of the Magistracy