Dutch Mennonite congregations adopt the Dordrecht Confession of Faith; its eighteen articles become the standard confession for Mennonite and later Amish churches across Europe and North America.
Tagged: Anabaptist Christian
The Event
- Date
- 1632 (exact)
- Era
- Reformation; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Dordrecht; today Dordrecht, Netherlands
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Anabaptist
- Key texts
- Dordrecht Confession of Faith (1632)
Primary Sources
- Dordrecht Confession of Faith (1632)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0069; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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