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50.1

50-1

50-1. The public reading of the Holy Scriptures is performed by the minister as God’s servant. Through it God speaks most directly …

28.4

27-4

… the day of the Lord Jesus. Discipline is systematic training under the authority of God’s Scripture. No communing or non-communing member of the Church should be allowed to stray …

54.1

54-1

54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that …

47.1

47-1

47-1. Since the Holy Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice, the principles of public worship …

5.1

4-1

… a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine worship and godly living, agreeable to the Scriptures, and submitting to the lawful government of Christ's kingdom.

21.1

20-1

… afford the liberty to proclaim and practice fully and freely the whole counsel of God, as contained in the Scriptures and understood in the Westminster Confession of Faith. It …

48.6

48-6

… by secret and private prayer, for themselves and others, especially for the assistance of God to their minister, and for a blessing upon his ministry, by reading the Scriptures, …

52.2

52-2

… should be a full and comprehensive prayer: a. Adoring the glory and perfections of God, as they are made known to us in the works of creation, in the …

28.5

27-5

… Scriptural law is the basis of all discipline because it is the revelation of God’s Holy will. Proper disciplinary principles are set forth in the Scriptures and must be …

40.3

39-3

39-3. While affirming that the Scripture is “the supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined” …

1.3

The Constitution Defined

… of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the inerrant Word Of God, consists of its …

27.1

26-1

… of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the inerrant Word of God, consists of its …

50.2

50-2

50-2. The reading of the Holy Scriptures in the congregation is a part of the public worship of God and should …

63.3

63-3

… Family worship, which should be observed by every family, consists in prayer, reading the Scriptures, and singing praises; or in some briefer form of outspoken recognition of God.

20.3

19-3

… moderator shall propose to him the following questions, namely: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …

22.5

21-5

… candidate, he shall propose to him the following questions: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …

25.6

24-6

… the presence of the church, the following questions, namely: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …

56.4

56-4

… Testament; the Covenant of Grace, for substance, being the same; and the grace of God, and the consolation of believers, more plentiful than before; f. That the Son of …

52.4

52-4

… as well as for preaching. He should, by a thorough acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures, by the study of the best writers on prayer, by meditation, and by a …

61.1

61-1

… appropriate psalms or hymns; b. The reading of some suitable portion or portions of Scripture, with such remarks as it may seem proper to the minister to make; c. …

49.4

49-4

… attend public worship are expected to be present in a spirit of reverence and godly fear, forbearing to engage in any conduct unbecoming to the place and occasion. Since …

5.5

4-5

… at other suitable times, for prayer, praise, the presenting and expounding of the Holy Scriptures, and exhortation, or the reading of a sermon of some approved minister. In like …

8.2

7-2

… Church, including teaching. Only those elders who are specially gifted, called and trained by God to preach may serve as teaching elders. The office of deacon is not one …

28.3

27-3

… highly important and necessary. In its proper usage discipline maintains: a. the glory of God, b. the purity of His Church, c. the keeping and reclaiming of disobedient sinners. …

30.1

29-1

… a Church member professing faith in Christ which is contrary to the Word of God. The Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly, …