WSC 41
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q41. Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.
Proof texts
- Deut. 10:4 — [4] And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments that the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me.
- Matt. 19:17 — [17] And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Deut. 10:4 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 2 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WLC Q91 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- WLC Q98 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?