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Q61.

Are all they saved who hear the gospel, and live in the church?

All that hear the gospel, and live in the visible church, are not saved; but they only who are true members of the church invisible.

Q62.

What is the visible church?

The visible church is a society made up of all such as in all ages and places …

Q63.

What are the special privileges of the visible church?

The visible church hath the privilege of being under God's special care and government; of being protected …

Q64.

What is the invisible church?

The invisible church is the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be …

Q65.

What special benefits do the members of the invisible church enjoy by Christ?

The members of the invisible church by Christ enjoy union and communion with him in grace and glory.

Q69.

What is the communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?

The communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is their partaking of the virtue of his mediation, in their …

Q82.

What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ?

The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is in this life, immediately after death, and at last perfected …

Q83.

What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy in this life?

The members of the invisible church have communicated to them in this life the firstfruits of glory with Christ, as …

Q86.

What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death ?

The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death, is, in that their souls are then made perfect in …

Q164.

How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in his church under the New Testament?

Under the New Testament Christ hath instituted in his church only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's supper.

Q42.

Why was our Mediator called Christ?

… authority and ability, to execute the offices of prophet, priest, and king of his church, in the estate both of his humiliation and exaltation.

Q43.

How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?

Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in his revealing to the church, in all ages, by his Spirit and word, in divers ways of administration, the …

Q52.

How was Christ exalted in his resurrection?

… and dead: all which he did as a public person, the head of his church, for their justification, quickening in grace, support against enemies, and to assure them of …

Q54.

How is Christ exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God?

… power over all things in heaven and earth; and doth gather and defend his church, and subdue their enemies; furnisheth his ministers and people with gifts and graces, and …

Q60.

Can they who have never heard the gospel, and so know not Jesus Christ, nor believe in him, be saved by their living according to the light of …

… other, but in Christ alone, who is the Savior only of his body the church.

Q90.

What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?

… And this is the perfect and full communion, which the members of the invisible church shall enjoy with Christ in glory, at the resurrection and day of judgment.

Q108.

What are the duties required in the second commandment?

… reading, preaching, and hearing of the word; the administration and receiving of the sacraments; church government and discipline; the ministry and maintenance thereof; religious fasting; swearing by the name …

Q124.

Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?

… as, by God's ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family, church, or commonwealth.

Q151.

What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?

… judgments, light of nature, conviction of conscience, public or private admonition, censures of the church, civil punishments; and our prayers, purposes, promises, vows, covenants, and engagements to God or …

Q154.

What are the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation?

The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to his church the benefits of his mediation, are all his ordinances; especially the word, sacraments, and …

Q162.

What is a sacrament?

A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ in his church, to signify, seal, and exhibit unto those that are within the covenant of grace, …

Q165.

What is Baptism?

… unto everlasting life; and whereby the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible church, and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the …

Q166.

Unto whom is Baptism to be administered?

Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, and so strangers from the covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in …

Q173.

May any who profess the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's supper, be kept from it?

… be kept from that sacrament, by the power which Christ hath left in his church, until they receive instruction, and manifest their reformation.

Q176.

Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree?

… ministers of the gospel, and by none other; and to be continued in the church of Christ until his second coming.