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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
11
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; God the Father, God …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
… immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ; the …
Of Justification
God doth continue to forgive the sins of those that are justified: and although they …
Of Creation
It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of His …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Religious worship is to be given to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and to Him alone; not to angels, saints, …
Of Christ the Mediator
The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance …
Of Christ the Mediator
… and sacrifice of Himself, which He, through the eternal Spirit, once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the justice of His Father; and purchased, not only reconciliation, but …
Of Adoption
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the …
Of the Last Judgment
God hath appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world in righteousness, by Jesus …
Of Justification
… are thus justified, and did make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to His Father’s justice in their behalf. Yet, inasmuch as He was given by the Father for …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
14
How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?
The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names, attributes, works, and worship, as …
How is Christ exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God?
Christ is exalted in his sitting at the right hand of God, in that as God-man he is advanced to the highest favor with God the …
What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it?
… the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto …
Which is the second commandment?
… not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto …
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, when we pray, to draw near to God …
What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?
… innumerable saints and holy angels, but especially in the immediate vision and fruition of God the Father, of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, to all …
How did Christ humble himself in his conception and birth?
… in his conception and birth, in that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, he was pleased in the fulness of time …
Who is the Mediator of the covenant of grace?
… covenant of grace is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, of one substance and equal with the Father, in the fulness of time became …
How many persons are there in the Godhead?
There be three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, …
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, whereby all those that are justified …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
5
Which is the second commandment?
… bow down thy self to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto …
Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation?
… third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.
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 near to God with all holy …
How many persons are there in the Godhead?
There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, …
Which is the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
6
The King and Head of the Church
… upon whose shoulders the government rests, whose name is called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; of the increase of whose government and …
5-9
… by answering the following question affirmatively, with uplifted hand: Do you, in reliance on God for strength, solemnly promise and covenant that you will walk together as a particular …
24-6
… the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice? 2. Do you sincerely receive and …
21-7
… regularly elected, ordained, and installed pastor of this congregation, agreeable to the Word of God, and according to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America; and that as …
58-7
… may, in a few words, put the communicants in mind: Of the grace of God, in Jesus Christ, held forth in this sacrament; and of their obligation to be …
56-5
… and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee …