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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
22
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 Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the Gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt …
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
True believers may have the assurance of their salvation divers ways shaken, diminished, and intermitted; as, by negligence …
Of the Holy Scripture
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and …
Of Creation
After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, …
Of Free Will
God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any …
Of Effectual Calling
Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, and may have some …
Of Adoption
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers …
Of Saving Faith
By this faith, a Christian believeth to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining 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 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 Lawful Oaths and Vows
It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone: and that it may be …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
No man may vow to do anything forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any …
Of the Civil Magistrate
It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the office of a magistrate, when called thereunto; in …
Of the Civil Magistrate
It is the duty of people to pray for magistrates, to honour their persons, to pay them tribute …
Of Marriage and Divorce
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their …
Of Synods and Councils
It belongs to synods and councils, ministerially to determine controversies of faith and cases of conscience; to set …
Of Synods and Councils
Synods and councils are to handle, or conclude, nothing, but that which is ecclesiastical: and are not to …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
14
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 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 was the providence of God toward man in the estate in …
The providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created, was the placing him …
What are the punishments of sin in this world?
The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong …
How doth Christ make intercession?
Christ maketh intercession, by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father in heaven, in the merit …
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, …
Can true believers be infallibly assured that they are in the estate …
Such as truly believe in Christ, and endeavor to walk in all good conscience before him, may, without …
What shall be done to the wicked at the day of judgment?
At the day of judgment, the wicked shall be set on Christ's left hand, and, upon clear evidence, …
What particular use is there of the moral law to unregenerate men?
The moral law is of use to unregenerate men, to awaken their consciences to flee from wrath to …
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 is required in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment requires of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as …
Why is the word Remember set in the beginning of the fourth …
The word Remember is set in the beginning of the fourth commandment, partly, because of the great benefit …
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 …
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 …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
2
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 …
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)
44
Preliminary Principles
II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and …
11-2
11-2. The jurisdiction of Church courts is only ministerial and declarative, and relates to the doctrines and precepts …
14-1
14-1. The General Assembly is the highest court of this Church, and represents in one body all the …
20-1
20-1. Before a candidate, or licentiate, can be ordained to the office of the ministry, he must receive …
56-4
56-4. Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, and …
18-5
18-5. For the development of his Christian character, for the service he can render, and for his more …
24-1
24-1. Every church shall elect persons to the offices of ruling elder and deacon in the following manner: …
47-6
47-6. The Lord Jesus Christ has prescribed no fixed forms for public worship but, in the interest of …
57-6
57-6. Persons received from other churches by letters of dismissal as well as those being received by reaffirmation …
62-3
62-3. It should be left to the judgment and discretion of every Christian and family to determine when …
2-2
2-2. This visible unity of the body of Christ, though obscured, is not destroyed by its division into …
4-1
4-1. A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine …
4-5
4-5. Churches without teaching elders ought not to forsake the assembling of themselves together, but should be convened …
8-3
8-3. It belongs to those in the office of elder, both severally and jointly, to watch diligently over …
12-5
12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it …
13-6
13-6. Ministers seeking admission to a Presbytery from other Presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church in America shall be …
16-1
16-1. Ordinary vocation to office in the Church is the calling of God by the Spirit, through the …
18-2
18-2. Every applicant for the ministry must put himself under the care of Presbytery, which should ordinarily be …
18-3
18-3. The applicant shall appear before the Presbytery in person, and shall be examined by the Presbytery on …
19-2
19-2. Examination for Licensure. The examination for licensure shall be as follows: a. Give a statement of his …
19-5
19-5. When any licentiate shall have occasion to remove from the bounds of his Presbytery into those of …
20-7
20-7. If any church shall choose to designate its ruling elders and deacons, or a committee to sign …
21-5
21-5. The day appointed for the ordination having come, and the Presbytery being convened, a sermon suitable for …
23-1
23-1. When any minister shall tender the resignation of his pastoral charge to his Presbytery, the Presbytery shall …
28-2
28-2. The home and the Church should also make special provision for instructing the children in the Bible …
31-2
31-2. It is the duty of all church Sessions and Presbyteries to exercise care over those subject to …
36-7
36-7. The censure of deposition shall be administered by the moderator in the words following: Whereas, ____________________, a …
38-2
38-2. A minister of the Gospel against whom there are no charges, if fully satisfied in his own …
42-12
42-12. If an appellant manifests a litigious or otherwise un-Christian spirit in the prosecution of his appeal, he …
47-3
47-3. The end of public worship is the glory of God. His people should engage in all its …
47-4
47-4. Public worship is Christian when the worshippers recognize that Christ is the Mediator by whom alone they …
54-1
54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that …
56-5
56-5. The minister shall then read the covenant promises: For to you is the promise, and to your …
58-4
58-4. On the day of the observance of the Lord's Supper, when the sermon is ended, the minister …
59-2
59-2. Christians should marry in the Lord; therefore it is fit that their marriage be solemnized by a …
59-6
59-6. Marriage is of a public nature. The welfare of civil society, the happiness of families, and the …
60-1
60-1. The power of the prayer of faith is great, and Christians therefore should make entreaty for the …
62-2
62-2. Fasting and thanksgiving may be observed by individual Christians; by families; by particular congregations; by a number …
63-1
63-1. In addition to public worship, it is the duty of each person in secret, and of every …
63-2
63-2. Secret worship is most plainly enjoined by our Lord. In this duty everyone, apart, should spend some …
63-3
63-3. Family worship, which should be observed by every family, consists in prayer, reading the Scriptures, and singing …
63-4
63-4. Parents should instruct their children in the Word of God, and in the principles of our holy …
63-5
63-5. Parents should set an example of piety and consistent living before the family. Unnecessary private visits on …
63-6
63-6. In the supreme task of religious education, parents should co-operate with the Church by setting their children …