WSC 5
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q5. Are there more Gods than one?
There is but one only, the living and true God.
Proof texts
- Deut. 6:4 — [4] “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
- Jer. 10:10 — [10] But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Deut. 6:4 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 Q8 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- HC Q8 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?