In 1950, the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (NHK) adopted a new Church Order, after having lived for over 130 years under an order given to her by King William I after the fall oJ Napoleon. Especially since the days of Groen van Prinsterer, Abraham Kuyper and J. Hoedemaker, the issue of the place and function of the confessions of the Church in the Church Order have occupied an important role in the discussion of the Church. The results of the discussions which have taken place since 1816, or better, since the Reformation, are to be seen in the new Church Order. Hence it is well for the Reformed Church in America (RCA) to stop from time to time to listen in order that she may hear what her Mother Church across the waters has learned since the days of Livingstone, Scholte and van Raalte. This article will concern itself with the relation of the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk to her written confessions. Because the subject is so large, it will be possible to indicate only a few of the points of her thought.