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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
3
Of Adoption
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose …
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 …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
4
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, …
Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?
It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature, perform obedience to …
What is the communion in grace which the members of the invisible …
The communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is their partaking of …
What is Baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water in the …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
3
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a …
What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow …
The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of …
What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this …
They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
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42-8
42-8. After a higher court has decided that an appeal is in order and should be entertained by …
56-4
56-4. Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, and …
The Constitution Defined
III. THE CONSTITUTION DEFINED The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate …
12-5
12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it …
12-6
12-6. The Session shall hold stated meetings at least quarterly. Moreover, the pastor has power to convene the …
13-4
13-4. Any three ministers belonging to the Presbytery, together with at least three ruling elders, being met at …
13-8
13-8. The Presbytery, before receiving into its membership any church, shall designate a commission to meet with the …
19-2
19-2. Examination for Licensure. The examination for licensure shall be as follows: a. Give a statement of his …
19-3
19-3. Questions for Licensure. If the Presbytery be satisfied with the trials of the applicant, it shall then …
21-4
21-4. Ordination Requirements and Procedures a. An intern applying for ordination shall be required to present a diploma …
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 …
26-1
26-1. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures …
26-4
26-4. In voting upon an amendment to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, the Presbyteries may …
28-2
28-2. The home and the Church should also make special provision for instructing the children in the Bible …
39-3
39-3. While affirming that the Scripture is “the supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to …
46-8
46-8. When a Presbytery shall divest a minister of his office without censure, or depose him without excommunication, …