First Head of Doctrine: of Divine Predestination.
* Second Head of Doctrine: of the Death of Christ and the Redemption of Man thereby.
* Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine: of the Corruption of Man, his Conversion to God, and the Manner thereof.
* Fifth Head of Doctrine: of the Perseverance of the Saints.

The canons were not intended to be a comprehensive explanation of Reformed doctrine, but only an exposition on the five points of doctrine in dispute. The five points of Calvinism,