WSC 46

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q46. What is required in the first commandment?

The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.

Proof texts

For discussion

  1. The Assembly cited 1 Chr. 28:9 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
  2. 4 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
  3. WLC Q100 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  4. WLC Q104 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WLC Q100 · WLC Q104 · WLC Q105 · HC Q92