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80 results for “Election and Predestination”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
17
Of God’s Eternal Decree
The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose …
Of Effectual Calling
Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when, and …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
These angels and men, thus predestinated, and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
This covenant was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel: …
Of Christ the Mediator
Although the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Christ till after His incarnation, yet the virtue, …
Of Effectual Calling
All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased in His appointed and …
Of Effectual Calling
Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, and may have some …
Of Justification
God did, from all eternity, decree to justify all the elect, and Christ did, in the fulness of …
Of Saving Faith
The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the …
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
This infallible assurance doth not so belong to the essence of faith, but that a true believer may …
Of the Church
The catholic or universal Church which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have …
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 Last Judgment
The end of God’s appointing this day is for the manifestation of the glory of His mercy, in …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
11
What is that union which the elect have with Christ?
The union which the elect have with Christ is the work of God's grace, whereby they are spiritually …
Are the elect only effectually called?
All the elect, and they only, are effectually called; although others may be, and often are, outwardly called …
What hath God especially decreed concerning angels and men?
God, by an eternal and immutable decree, out of his mere love, for the praise of his glorious …
Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin …
God doth not leave all men to perish in the estate of sin and misery, into which they …
With whom was the covenant of grace made?
The covenant of grace was made with Christ as the second Adam, and in him with all the …
How is the grace of God manifested in the second covenant?
The grace of God is manifested in the second covenant, in that he freely provideth and offereth to …
How was the covenant of grace administered under the Old Testament?
The covenant of grace was administered under the Old Testament, by promises, prophecies, sacrifices, circumcision, the passover, and …
How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
Christ executeth the office of a king, in calling out of the world a people to himself, and …
What is the invisible church?
The invisible church is the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered …
What is effectual calling?
Effectual calling is the work of God's almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special …
What are the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits …
The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to his church the benefits of his mediation, are all …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
3
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, …
Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin …
God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life did enter …
What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us …
The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
49
5-9
5-9. A new church can be organized only by the authority of Presbytery. a. A Presbytery should establish …
14-1
14-1. The General Assembly is the highest court of this Church, and represents in one body all the …
24-1
24-1. Every church shall elect persons to the offices of ruling elder and deacon in the following manner: …
20-3
20-3. When a congregation is convened for the election of a pastor it is important that they should …
20-4
20-4. Method of voting: The voters being convened, and prayer for divine guidance having been offered, the moderator …
22-2
22-2. The pastor and associate pastor are elected by the congregation using the form of call in BCO …
24-4
24-4. The voters being convened, the moderator shall explain the purpose of the meeting and then put the …
5-10
5-10. Upon organization, the newly elected session should meet as soon as is practicable to elect a stated …
15-4
15-4. The General Assembly shall elect a Standing Judicial Commission to which it shall commit all matters governed …
20-2
20-2. Every church should be under the pastoral oversight of a minister, and when a church has no …
24-3
24-3. All communing members in good and regular standing, but no others, are entitled to vote in the …
24-5
24-5. On the election of a ruling elder or deacon, if it appears that a large minority of …
24-6
24-6. The day having arrived, and the Session being convened in the presence of the congregation, a sermon …
14-3
14-3. When an emergency shall require a meeting of the General Assembly earlier than the time to which …
16-2
16-2. The government of the Church is by officers gifted to represent Christ, and the right of God’s …
20-5
20-5. On the election of a pastor, if it appears that a large minority of the voters are …
24-2
24-2. The pastor is, by virtue of his office, moderator of congregational meetings. If there is no pastor, …
24-8
24-8. When a ruling elder or deacon who has been released from his official relation is again elected …
25-6
25-6. A particular church which is not incorporated, desiring to elect trustees, may select from among its membership …
Preliminary Principles
II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and …
9-4
9-4. The deacons of a particular church shall be organized as a Board, of which the pastor shall …
10-3
10-3. The pastor is, for prudential reasons, moderator of the Session. The moderator of the Presbytery may be …
10-4
10-4. A clerk or clerks shall be elected by the Session, Presbytery, and General Assembly to serve for …
12-2
12-2. The pastor is, by virtue of his office, the moderator of the Session. In the pastor’s absence, …
12-3
12-3. When a church is without a pastor, the moderator of the Session may be either a minister …
12-5
12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it …
13-1
13-1. The Presbytery consists of all the teaching elders and churches within its bounds that have been accepted …
14-2
14-2. The General Assembly, which is a permanent court, shall meet at least annually upon its own adjournment. …
19-15
19-15. Restrictions. The intern may be asked by the moderator of a Session temporarily to chair the meeting …
20-1
20-1. Before a candidate, or licentiate, can be ordained to the office of the ministry, he must receive …
20-6
20-6. Form of call: The terms of the call shall be approved by the congregation in the following …
20-7
20-7. If any church shall choose to designate its ruling elders and deacons, or a committee to sign …
20-8
20-8. Prosecution of call: One or more commissioners shall be appointed by the church to present and prosecute …
20-9
20-9. When a pastor desires to accept a call to another Presbytery, he must be examined and approved …
20-10
20-10. A congregation desiring to call a pastor from his charge, shall, by its commissioners to the Presbytery, …
20-11
20-11. If the congregation or other field of labor to which a minister, licentiate, or candidate is called, …
20-12
20-12. A candidate or licentiate found fit and called (in accordance with BCO 20-1) for missionary service by …
20-13
20-13. A missionary who is an ordained teaching elder in another denomination found fit and called (in accordance …
21-7
21-7. The people having answered these questions in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, the candidate …
23-2
23-2. The Presbytery may designate a minister as honorably retired when the minister by reason of age wishes …
23-3
23-3. A minister, being medically disabled or honorably retired, may be elected pastor emeritus by a congregation which …
24-7
24-7. Ordination to the offices of ruling elder or deacon is perpetual; nor can such offices be laid …
24-9
24-9. When a ruling elder or deacon cannot or does not for a period of one year perform …
24-10
24-10. When a deacon or ruling elder by reason of age or infirmity desires to be released from …
25-4
25-4. The pastor shall be the moderator of congregational meetings by virtue of his office. If it should …
25-5
25-5. A clerk shall be elected by the congregation to serve at that meeting or for a definite …
25-7
25-7. If a particular church is incorporated, the provisions of its charter and bylaws must always be in …
25-8
25-8. The corporation of a particular church, through its duly elected trustees or corporation officers, (or, if unincorporated, …
37-6
37-6. When a ruling elder or deacon has been absolved from the censure of deposition, he cannot be …