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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
38
Of the Lord’s Supper
Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein He was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of His body and blood, …
Of the Lord’s Supper
Although ignorant and wicked men receive the outward elements in this sacrament: yet they receive not the thing …
Of the Lord’s Supper
The Lord Jesus hath, in this ordinance, appointed His ministers to declare His word of institution to the …
Of the Lord’s Supper
In this sacrament, Christ is not offered up to His Father; nor any real sacrifice made at all …
Of the Lord’s Supper
Private masses, or receiving this sacrament by a priest or any other alone; as likewise, the denial of …
Of the Lord’s Supper
The outward elements in this sacrament, duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation …
Of the Lord’s Supper
That doctrine which maintains a change of the substance of bread and wine into the substance of Christ’s …
Of the Lord’s Supper
Worthy receivers outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this sacrament, do then also, inwardly by faith, really …
Of the Sacraments
There are only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
Under the gospel, when Christ, the substance, was exhibited, the ordinances in which this covenant is dispensed are …
Of Baptism
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission …
Of Baptism
Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but Baptism is rightly administered by pouring or …
Of Baptism
The efficacy of Baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet notwithstanding, …
Of Baptism
The sacrament of Baptism is but once to be administered unto any person.
Of Baptism
The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized, …
Of Baptism
Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of …
Of Baptism
Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are not …
Of Church Censures
For the better attaining of these ends, the officers of the Church are to proceed by admonition; suspension …
Of the Last Judgment
The end of God’s appointing this day is for the manifestation of the glory of His mercy, in …
Of the Last Judgment
As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both …
Of the Holy Scripture
Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
Man by his fall having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to …
Of Christ the Mediator
It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, …
Of Christ the Mediator
The Lord Jesus, in His human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified and anointed with the …
Of Christ the Mediator
This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake; which that He might discharge, He was made under …
Of Christ the Mediator
The Lord Jesus, by His perfect obedience, and sacrifice of Himself, which He, through the eternal Spirit, once …
Of Sanctification
They who are once effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in …
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes, and carnal presumptions of being …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
They who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, …
Of the Civil Magistrate
God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under Him, …
Of Marriage and Divorce
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their …
Of the Church
The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the Gospel (not confined to one nation as …
Of the Church
There is no other head of the Church, but the Lord Jesus Christ; nor can the Pope of …
Of the Communion of the Saints
Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God; and …
Of Church Censures
The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
56
Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper differ?
The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper differ, in that baptism is to be administered but once, …
Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree?
The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree, in that the author of both is God; the …
How do they that worthily communicate in the Lord's supper feed upon …
As the body and blood of Christ are not corporally or carnally present in, with, or under the …
May one who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his …
One who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation to the sacrament of the …
What is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's …
It is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, that, during the time of …
What is the Lord's supper?
The Lord's supper is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine …
How hath Christ appointed bread and wine to be given and received …
Christ hath appointed the ministers of his word, in the administration of this sacrament of the Lord's Supper, …
How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper to …
They that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by …
May any who profess the faith, and desire to come to the …
Such as are found to be ignorant or scandalous, notwithstanding their profession of the faith, and desire to …
What is the duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament …
The duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament of the Lord's supper, is seriously to consider …
What is Baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water in the …
How is our Baptism to be improved by us?
The needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by us all our …
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 …
How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in his church under the New …
Under the New Testament Christ hath instituted in his church only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's supper.
How is the covenant of grace administered under the New Testament?
Under the New Testament, when Christ the substance was exhibited, the same covenant of grace was and still …
How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not by any power in themselves, or any virtue derived from …
What is a sacrament?
A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ in his church, to signify, seal, and exhibit unto …
What are the parts of a sacrament?
The parts of a sacrament are two; the one an outward and sensible sign, used according to Christ's …
How is the Lord's prayer to be used?
The Lord's prayer is not only for direction, as a pattern, according to which we are to make …
Of how many parts doth the Lord's prayer consist?
The Lord's prayer consists of three parts; a preface, petitions, and a conclusion.
What doth the preface of the Lord's prayer teach us?
The preface of the Lord's prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven,) teacheth us, …
What doth the conclusion of the Lord's prayer teach us?
The conclusion of the Lord's prayer (which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the …
How is the sabbath or the Lord's day to be sanctified?
The sabbath or Lord's day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, not only …
What reasons are annexed to the third commandment?
The reasons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, The Lord thy God, and, For the Lord …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and …
Which is the third commandment?
The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for …
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to …
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of …
What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of …
The whole word of God is of use to direct us in the duty of prayer; but the …
Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
The only Mediator of the covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son …
How was Christ exalted in his resurrection?
Christ was exalted in his resurrection, in that, not having seen corruption in death (of which it was …
What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?
Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of angels and men; the day and …
What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?
At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds, shall be set …
What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is contained in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which …
What is the sum of the four commandments which contain our duty …
The sum of the four commandments containing our duty to God is, to love the Lord our God …
What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?
The sins forbidden in the first commandment are, atheism, in denying or not having a God; Idolatry, in …
Which is the second commandment?
The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything …
What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to …
The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I …
What is required in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment requires of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as …
Which is the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the …
What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to …
The reason annexed to the fifth commandment, in these words, That thy days may be long upon the …
What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?
Sins receive their aggravations, 1. From the persons offending: if they be of riper age, greater experience or …
What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath …
That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression …
What is prayer?
Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, in the name of Christ, by the help …
Are we to pray unto God only?
God only being able to search the hearts, hear the requests, pardon the sins, and fulfil the desires …
What is it to pray in the name of Christ?
To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command, and in confidence on his …
Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?
The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we …
How doth the Spirit help us to pray?
We not knowing: What to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helps our infirmities, by enabling us …
For whom are we to pray?
We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates, and ministers; for ourselves, …
For what things are we to pray?
We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God, the welfare of the church, …
How are we to pray?
We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the majesty of God, and deep sense of our …
What do we pray for in the first petition?
In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) acknowledging the utter inability and indisposition that is …
What do we pray for in the second petition.?
In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come,) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature …
What do we pray for in the third petition?
In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,) acknowledging, …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
In the fourth petition (which is, Give us this day our daily bread,) acknowledging, that in Adam, and …
What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
In the fifth petition (which is, Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,) acknowledging, that we …
What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,) acknowledging, …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
24
What is required for the worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper?
It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord's Supper, that they examine themselves of …
What is the Lord's Supper?
The Lord's Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ's appointment, …
What is Baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the …
Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?
The sacraments of the New Testament are, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.
What doth the preface of the Lord's Prayer teach us?
The preface of the Lord's Prayer, which is, Our Father which art in heaven, teacheth us to draw …
What doth the conclusion of the Lord's Prayer teach us?
The conclusion of the Lord's Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the …
To whom is Baptism to be administered?
Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and …
Which is the third commandment?
The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for …
What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?
The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but the special rule of …
Who is the Redeemer of God's elect?
The only Redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, …
What is the sum of the ten commandments?
The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with …
What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have …
What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us, That because God is the Lord, and our God, and …
Which is the second commandment?
The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything …
What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment …
Which is the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the …
What is prayer?
Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the …
What do we pray for in the first petition?
In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray, that God would enable us, and …
What do we pray for in the second petition?
In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray, that Satan's kingdom may be destroyed; and …
What do we pray for in the third petition?
In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, we …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God's …
What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
In the fifth petition, which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, we pray …
What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
69
57-1
57-1. Believers’ children within the Visible Church, and especially those dedicated to God in Baptism, are non-communing members …
4-4
4-4. The ordinances established by Christ, the Head, in His Church are prayer; singing praises; reading, expounding and …
56-4
56-4. Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, and …
57-5
57-5. The time having come for the making of a public profession, and those who have been approved …
58-4
58-4. On the day of the observance of the Lord's Supper, when the sermon is ended, the minister …
58-1
58-1. The Communion, or Supper of the Lord, is to be observed frequently; the stated times to be …
58-2
58-2. The ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted to the Lord's Supper.
58-5
58-5. The table, on which the elements are placed, being decently covered, and furnished with bread and wine, …
58-8
58-8. As past custom has been found in many parts of the Presbyterian Church, our congregations are urged …
58-7
58-7. The minister may, in a few words, put the communicants in mind: Of the grace of God, …
56-5
56-5. The minister shall then read the covenant promises: For to you is the promise, and to your …
58-6
58-6. Since believers are to act personally in all their covenanting with the Lord, it is proper that …
57-4
57-4. It is recommended, as edifying and proper, that baptized persons, when admitted by the Session to the …
58-3
58-3. It is proper that public notice should be given to the congregation, at least the Sabbath before …
24-6
24-6. The day having arrived, and the Session being convened in the presence of the congregation, a sermon …
48-2
48-2. God commanded His Old Testament people to keep holy the last day of the week, but He …
37-4
37-4. When an excommunicated person shall be so affected with his state as to be brought to repentance, …
47-6
47-6. The Lord Jesus Christ has prescribed no fixed forms for public worship but, in the interest of …
48-3
48-3. It is the duty of every person to remember the Lord’s Day; and to prepare for it …
48-4
48-4. The whole day is to be kept holy to the Lord; and to be employed in the …
52-1
52-1. It is proper to begin the public worship in the sanctuary with the Doxology followed by a …
54-1
54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that …
56-1
56-1. Baptism is not to be unnecessarily delayed; not to be administered, in any case, by any private …
Preliminary Principles
II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and …
1-2
1-2. The Church which the Lord Jesus Christ has erected in this world for the gathering and perfecting …
1-3
1-3. The members of this visible Church catholic are all those persons in every nation, together with their …
2-1
2-1. The Visible Church before the law, under the law, and now under the Gospel, is one and …
4-5
4-5. Churches without teaching elders ought not to forsake the assembling of themselves together, but should be convened …
6-1
6-1. The children of believers are, through the covenant and by right of birth, non-communing members of the …
6-2
6-2. Communing members are those who have made a profession of faith in Christ, have been baptized, and …
6-4
6-4. Those only who have made a profession of faith in Christ, have been baptized, and admitted by …
7-1
7-1. Under the New Testament, our Lord at first collected His people out of different nations, and united …
8-4
8-4. As the Lord has given different gifts to men and has committed to some special gifts and …
9-1
9-1. The office of deacon is set forth in the Scriptures as ordinary and perpetual in the Church. …
12-5
12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it …
12-8
12-8. Every Session shall keep an accurate record of baptisms, of communing members, of non-communing members, and of …
19-3
19-3. Questions for Licensure. If the Presbytery be satisfied with the trials of the applicant, it shall then …
19-4
19-4. The applicant having answered these questions in the affirmative, the moderator shall offer a prayer suitable for …
19-10
19-10. When an applicant is approved for internship, the moderator of the Presbytery shall offer a prayer suitable …
20-6
20-6. Form of call: The terms of the call shall be approved by the congregation in the following …
21-5
21-5. The day appointed for the ordination having come, and the Presbytery being convened, a sermon suitable for …
21-7
21-7. The people having answered these questions in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, the candidate …
21-11
21-11. In the ordination of interns as evangelists the same questions are to be propounded as in the …
27-1
27-1. Discipline is the exercise of authority given the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ to instruct and …
27-4
27-4. The power which Christ has given the Church is for building up, and not for destruction. It …
28-3
28-3. The Church should maintain constant and sympathetic relations with the children. It also should encourage them, on …
31-4
31-4. Every indictment shall begin: “In the name of the Presbyterian Church in America,” and shall conclude, “against …
31-7
31-7. When the prosecution is instituted by the court, the previous steps required by our Lord in the …
33-4
33-4. When it is impracticable immediately to commence process against an accused church member, the Session may, if …
36-5
36-5. Indefinite suspension from office or the Sacraments should be administered after the manner prescribed for definite suspension, …
36-6
36-6. Excommunication is to be administered according to one or other of the two modes laid down for …
36-7
36-7. The censure of deposition shall be administered by the moderator in the words following: Whereas, ____________________, a …
37-1
37-1. A person who has been definitely suspended from office shall be restored by the court at the …
37-3
37-3. When the court shall be satisfied as to the reality of the repentance of an indefinitely suspended …
37-5
37-5. The restoration of a deposed officer, after public confession has been made in a manner similar to …
42-6
42-6. Notice of appeal shall have the effect of suspending the judgment of the lower court until the …
47-2
47-2. A service of public worship is not merely a gathering of God’s children with each other, but …
47-3
47-3. The end of public worship is the glory of God. His people should engage in all its …
47-9
47-9. The Bible teaches that the following are proper elements of worship service: reading of Holy Scripture, singing …
48-1
48-1. “The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in …
48-5
48-5. Let the provisions for the support of the family on that day be so ordered that others …
48-6
48-6. Let every person and family, in the morning, by secret and private prayer, for themselves and others, …
48-7
48-7. Let the time not used for public worship be spent in prayer, in devotional reading, and especially …
53-5
53-5. By way of application of the sermon the minister may urge his hearers by commandment or invitation …
56-2
56-2. It is not to be privately administered, but in the presence of the congregation under the supervision …
56-3
56-3. After previous notice is given to the minister, the child to be baptized is to be presented, …
59-2
59-2. Christians should marry in the Lord; therefore it is fit that their marriage be solemnized by a …
63-2
63-2. Secret worship is most plainly enjoined by our Lord. In this duty everyone, apart, should spend some …
63-5
63-5. Parents should set an example of piety and consistent living before the family. Unnecessary private visits on …