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133 results for “First Head of Doctrine: Of Divine Predestination”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
27
Of God’s Eternal Decree
The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that …
Of the Holy Scripture
We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to a high and reverent esteem …
Of the Holy Scripture
Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books …
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 the Church
There is no other head of the Church, but the Lord Jesus Christ; nor can the Pope of …
Of the Holy Scripture
The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the …
Of the Holy Scripture
The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, …
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 Providence
Although, in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass …
Of Providence
The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in His providence, that …
Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam, and …
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
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 Repentance unto Life
Repentance unto life is an evangelical grace, the doctrine whereof is to be preached by every minister of …
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable persuasion, grounded upon a fallible hope; but an infallible …
Of the Law of God
This law, after his fall, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness, and, as such, was delivered …
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 the Church
The catholic or universal Church which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have …
Of the Church
This catholic Church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. And particular Churches, which are members thereof, are …
Of the Communion of the Saints
All saints, that are united to Jesus Christ their Head by His Spirit and by faith, have fellowship …
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 Church Censures
The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
22
Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him?
Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed …
Did all mankind fall in that first transgression ?
The covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity, …
How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity?
Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity by natural generation, so as all that …
Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, Thou shall have no other gods before me.
What are the duties required in the first commandment?
The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only …
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 …
What are we specially taught by these words before me in the …
These words before me, or before my face, in the first commandment, teach us, that God, who seeth …
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 did God at first reveal unto man as the rule of …
The rule of obedience revealed to Adam in the estate of innocence, and to all mankind in him, …
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 …
Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consisteth in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want …
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 …
How was Christ exalted in his ascension?
Christ was exalted in his ascension, in that having after his resurrection often appeared unto and conversed with …
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 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 …
What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of …
The members of the invisible church have communicated to them in this life the firstfruits of glory with …
What are we to believe concerning the resurrection?
We are to believe, that at the last day there shall be a general resurrection of the dead, …
Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God …
What are the sins forbidden in the third commandment?
The sins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God's name as is required; and …
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 …
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 …
How is the word of God to be preached by those that …
They that are called to labor in the ministry of the word, are to preach sound doctrine, diligently, …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
12
Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they …
What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate …
The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the …
Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from …
What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of …
The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
Which is the first commandment?
The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
What is required in the first commandment?
The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our …
What is forbidden in the first commandment?
The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying the true God as God, and our …
What are we specially taught by these words, 'before me', in the …
These words, before me, in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice …
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 …
Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, the want …
How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy …
Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly …
From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
72
The King and Head of the Church
I. THE KING AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH Jesus Christ, upon whose shoulders the government rests, whose name …
56-5
56-5. The minister shall then read the covenant promises: For to you is the promise, and to your …
11-2
11-2. The jurisdiction of Church courts is only ministerial and declarative, and relates to the doctrines and precepts …
Preliminary Principles
II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and …
1-1
1-1. The scriptural form of church government, which is representative or presbyterian, is comprehended under five heads: a. …
8-3
8-3. It belongs to those in the office of elder, both severally and jointly, to watch diligently over …
34-1
34-1. Process against a minister shall be entered before the Presbytery of which he is a member. However, …
37-4
37-4. When an excommunicated person shall be so affected with his state as to be brought to repentance, …
53-2
53-2. The subject of a sermon should be some verse or verses of Scripture, and its object, to …
19-2
19-2. Examination for Licensure. The examination for licensure shall be as follows: a. Give a statement of his …
21-4
21-4. Ordination Requirements and Procedures a. An intern applying for ordination shall be required to present a diploma …
14-6
14-6. The General Assembly shall have power: a. To receive and issue* all appeals, references, and complaints regularly …
14-1
14-1. The General Assembly is the highest court of this Church, and represents in one body all the …
1-7
1-7. This scriptural doctrine of Presbytery is necessary to the perfection of the order of the visible Church, …
21-5
21-5. The day appointed for the ordination having come, and the Presbytery being convened, a sermon suitable for …
24-6
24-6. The day having arrived, and the Session being convened in the presence of the congregation, a sermon …
32-15
32-15. When a court of first resort proceeds to the trial of a case, the following order shall …
48-2
48-2. God commanded His Old Testament people to keep holy the last day of the week, but He …
The Constitution Defined
III. THE CONSTITUTION DEFINED The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate …
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 …
1-4
1-4. The officers of the Church, by whom all its powers are administered, are, according to the Scriptures, …
1-5
1-5. Ecclesiastical jurisdiction is not a several, but a joint power, to be exercised by presbyters in courts. …
1-6
1-6. The ordination of officers is ordinarily by a court, except in the case of ordination by a …
3-4
3-4. The power of the Church is exclusively spiritual; that of the State includes the exercise of force. …
3-6
3-6. The exercise of ecclesiastical power, whether joint or several, has the divine sanction when in conformity with …
4-1
4-1. A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine …
4-4
4-4. The ordinances established by Christ, the Head, in His Church are prayer; singing praises; reading, expounding and …
7-1
7-1. Under the New Testament, our Lord at first collected His people out of different nations, and united …
8-1
8-1. This office is one of dignity and usefulness. The man who fills it has in Scripture different …
8-7
8-7. A Presbytery may, at its discretion, approve the call of a teaching elder to work with an …
8-8
8-8. A Presbytery may, at its discretion, approve the call of a teaching elder to work as a …
11-3
11-3. All Church courts are one in nature, constituted of the same elements, possessed inherently of the same …
11-4
11-4. For the orderly and efficient dispatch of ecclesiastical business, it is necessary that the sphere of action …
13-1
13-1. The Presbytery consists of all the teaching elders and churches within its bounds that have been accepted …
13-5
13-5. Ordinarily, only a minister who receives a call to a definite ecclesiastical work within the bounds of …
13-8
13-8. The Presbytery, before receiving into its membership any church, shall designate a commission to meet with the …
14-2
14-2. The General Assembly, which is a permanent court, shall meet at least annually upon its own adjournment. …
15-6
15-6. The General Assembly shall have power to commit to a commission, consisting of not less than three …
16-1
16-1. Ordinary vocation to office in the Church is the calling of God by the Spirit, through the …
16-2
16-2. The government of the Church is by officers gifted to represent Christ, and the right of God’s …
16-3
16-3. Upon those whom God calls to bear office in His Church He bestows suitable gifts for the …
16-4
16-4. Officers in the Presbyterian Church in America must be above reproach in their walk and Christlike in …
17-1
17-1. Those who have been called to office in the Church are to be inducted by the ordination …
17-2
17-2. Ordination is the authoritative admission of one duly called to an office in the Church of God, …
17-3
17-3. As every ecclesiastical office, according to the Scriptures, is a special charge, no man shall be ordained …
19-3
19-3. Questions for Licensure. If the Presbytery be satisfied with the trials of the applicant, it shall then …
20-4
20-4. Method of voting: The voters being convened, and prayer for divine guidance having been offered, the moderator …
21-7
21-7. The people having answered these questions in the affirmative, by holding up their right hands, the candidate …
21-8
21-8. After the installation, the heads of families of the congregation then present, or at least the ruling …
24-1
24-1. Every church shall elect persons to the offices of ruling elder and deacon in the following manner: …
26-1
26-1. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures …
27-4
27-4. The power which Christ has given the Church is for building up, and not for destruction. It …
29-1
29-1. An offense, the proper object of judicial process, is anything in the doctrines or practice of a …
29-3
29-3. Personal offenses are violations of the divine law, considered in the special relation of wrongs or injuries …
31-1
31-1. Original jurisdiction (the right first or initially to hear and determine) in relation to ministers of the …
31-4
31-4. Every indictment shall begin: “In the name of the Presbyterian Church in America,” and shall conclude, “against …
32-3
32-3. It is appropriate that with each citation the moderator or clerk call the attention of the parties …
32-7
32-7. The time which must elapse between the serving of the first citation on the accused person, and …
32-14
32-14. On all questions arising in the progress of a trial, the discussion shall first be between the …
33-1
33-1. Process against all church members, other than ministers of the Gospel, shall be entered before the Session …
34-10
34-10. Whenever a minister of the Gospel shall habitually fail to be engaged in the regular discharge of …
35-7
35-7. Witnesses shall be examined first by the party introducing them; then cross-examined by the opposite party; after …
37-8
37-8. In the restoration of a minister who is under indefinite suspension from the Sacraments, and/or his office, …
40-5
40-5. When any court having appellate jurisdiction shall receive a credible report with respect to the court next …
43-2
43-2. A complaint shall first be made to the court whose act or decision is alleged to be …
43-10
43-10. The higher court has power, in its discretion, to annul the whole or any part of the …
47-2
47-2. A service of public worship is not merely a gathering of God’s children with each other, but …
47-4
47-4. Public worship is Christian when the worshippers recognize that Christ is the Mediator by whom alone they …
56-4
56-4. Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, and …
59-1
59-1. Marriage is a divine institution though not a sacrament, nor peculiar to the Church of Christ. It …
62-1
62-1. The observance of days of fasting and of thanksgiving, as the dispensations of Divine Providence may direct, …