信条的教义的

And because directly after the times of the apostles, and even while they were still living, false teachers and heretics arose, and symbols, ie, brief, succinct confessions, were composed against them in the early Church, which were regarded as the unanimous, universal Christian faith and confession of the orthodox and true Church, namely, the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed, we pledge ourselves to them, and hereby reject all heresies and dogmas which, contrary to them, have been introduced into the Church of God.

而且因为直接经过时代的使徒，甚至当他们仍生活，假教师和异端出现时，和符号，即简短，简洁供述中，均对组成，他们在早期教会，而被视为一致的，普遍的基督教信仰和忏悔的正统和真正的教会，即使徒们的信条，尼西亚，以及亚他那修信经教义，我们保证给他们，并特此拒绝所有的异端邪说和教条，相反，对他们来说，已被引入神的教会。

Doctrinally, puritans adhered to the five points of Calvinism as codified at the synod of dort in 1619:1 unconditional election: the idea that God had decreed at the synod of damned and who was saved from before the beginning of the world;2 limited atonement: the idea that christ died for the elect only;3 total depravity: humanity's utter corruption since the fall;4 irresistible grace: regeneration as entirely a work of God, which cannot be re3sisted and to which the sinner contributes nothing;5 the perseverance of the saints: the elect, despite their backsliding and faintness of heart, cannot fall away from grace.

从教义上说，清教徒遵循加尔文派于1619年多特宗教会议上制定的五条信条：1）无条件拣选：神没有任凭人在罪中灭亡，而是在创世以前就拣选了一群人旅行拯救； 2）有限救赎：基督的死只是为了特定数目的选民而死； 3）完全堕落：自从亚当偷吃善恶果后，整个人类都堕落了；4）不可抗拒的恩典：圣灵的能力在罪人心里运行，一直到他认罪悔改方休；5）圣徒的坚守：圣徒是神所挑选的，无论他们如何退步，始终在神的感召下。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。