Search
Find text across standards, catechisms, the BCO, proof-linked material, and comparison-ready topics.
168 results for “Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day”
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
33
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 Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear, the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the Word, in …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Neither prayer, nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the Gospel either tied unto, or …
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; …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Prayer is to be made for things lawful; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth …
Of the Lord’s Supper
Private masses, or receiving this sacrament by a priest or any other alone; as likewise, the denial of …
Of the Last Judgment
God hath appointed a day, wherein He will judge the world in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom …
Of the Last Judgment
As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both …
Of the Holy Scripture
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, …
Of the Holy Scripture
The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and …
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto Himself …
Of Creation
It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal …
Of Christ the Mediator
This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake; which that He might discharge, He was made under …
Of Christ the Mediator
Although the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Christ till after His incarnation, yet the virtue, …
Of Adoption
All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers …
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
Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as a …
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 Lawful Oaths and Vows
A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the …
Of the Civil Magistrate
The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and sacraments, or the power …
Of the Church
This catholic Church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. And particular Churches, which are members thereof, are …
Of the Church
The purest Churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error: and some have so degenerated, as …
Of the Communion of the Saints
Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God; and …
Of Synods and Councils
It belongs to synods and councils, ministerially to determine controversies of faith and cases of conscience; to set …
Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of …
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption: but their souls (which neither die …
Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of …
At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed: and all the …
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
31
How is the sabbath or the Lord's day to be sanctified?
The sabbath or Lord's day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, not only …
What shall be done to the righteous at the day of judgment?
At the day of judgment, the righteous, being caught up to Christ in the clouds, shall be set …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and …
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to …
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of …
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, …
Why is the charge of keeping the sabbath more specially directed to …
The charge of keeping the sabbath is more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors, because …
What are the duties required in the second commandment?
The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such …
What are the sins forbidden in the second commandment?
The sins forbidden in the second commandment are, all devising, counseling, commanding, using, and anywise approving, any religious …
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 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 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 …
Are we to pray unto God only?
God only being able to search the hearts, hear the requests, pardon the sins, and fulfil the desires …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
In the fourth petition (which is, Give us this day our daily bread,) acknowledging, that in Adam, and …
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 …
What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of …
The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death, is, …
What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to …
The reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I …
How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are …
The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto …
What is the work of creation?
The work of creation is that wherein God did in the beginning, by the word of his power, …
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 …
Wherein consisted Christ's humiliation after his death?
Christ's humiliation after his death consisted in his being buried, and continuing in the state of the dead, …
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 …
How is Christ to be exalted in his coming again to judge …
Christ is to be exalted in his coming again to judge the world, in that he, who was …
What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible …
The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is in this life, …
Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered …
The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered …
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, …
What shall immediately follow after the resurrection?
Immediately after the resurrection shall follow the general and final judgment of angels and men; the day and …
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 fourth commandment?
The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required, all careless, negligent, and …
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 …
Which is the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the …
What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to …
The reason annexed to the fifth commandment, in these words, That thy days may be long upon the …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
16
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 …
How is the sabbath to be sanctified?
The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and …
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our …
What is required in the second commandment?
The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances …
What is required in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his …
Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation?
Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into …
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 is the work of creation?
The work of creation is, God's making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in …
What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day …
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 second commandment?
The second commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his …
What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?
The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God's sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and the …
What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day …
Which is the fifth commandment?
The fifth commandment is, Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God's …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
88
48-5
48-5. Let the provisions for the support of the family on that day be so ordered that others …
48-7
48-7. Let the time not used for public worship be spent in prayer, in devotional reading, and especially …
47-3
47-3. The end of public worship is the glory of God. His people should engage in all its …
48-2
48-2. God commanded His Old Testament people to keep holy the last day of the week, but He …
47-1
47-1. Since the Holy Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice, the principles of public …
12-5
12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose it …
47-9
47-9. The Bible teaches that the following are proper elements of worship service: reading of Holy Scripture, singing …
48-1
48-1. “The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in …
48-3
48-3. It is the duty of every person to remember the Lord’s Day; and to prepare for it …
62-5
62-5. There should be public worship upon all such days; and the prayers, psalms or hymns, the selection …
Preliminary Principles
II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and …
4-5
4-5. Churches without teaching elders ought not to forsake the assembling of themselves together, but should be convened …
58-3
58-3. It is proper that public notice should be given to the congregation, at least the Sabbath before …
43-3
43-3. If, after considering a complaint, the court alleged to be delinquent or in error is of the …
42-4
42-4. Notice of appeal may be given the court before its adjournment. Written notice of appeal, with supporting …
43-2
43-2. A complaint shall first be made to the court whose act or decision is alleged to be …
47-4
47-4. Public worship is Christian when the worshippers recognize that Christ is the Mediator by whom alone they …
47-6
47-6. The Lord Jesus Christ has prescribed no fixed forms for public worship but, in the interest of …
47-7
47-7. Public worship differs from private worship in that in public worship God is served by His saints …
48-4
48-4. The whole day is to be kept holy to the Lord; and to be employed in the …
62-6
62-6. On days of fasting, the minister should point out the authority and providences calling for the observance; …
47-2
47-2. A service of public worship is not merely a gathering of God’s children with each other, but …
47-5
47-5. Public worship must be performed in spirit and in truth. Externalism and hypocrisy stand condemned. The forms …
49-4
49-4. All who attend public worship are expected to be present in a spirit of reverence and godly …
62-4
62-4. Public notice should be given a sufficient time before the appointed day of fasting or thanksgiving, that …
62-7
62-7. On days of thanksgiving, he should give information respecting the authority and providences which call for the …
15-5
15-5. a. In the cases committed to it, the Standing Judicial Commission shall have the judicial powers and …
32-3
32-3. It is appropriate that with each citation the moderator or clerk call the attention of the parties …
46-8
46-8. When a Presbytery shall divest a minister of his office without censure, or depose him without excommunication, …
49-1
49-1. When the congregation is to meet for public worship, the people (having before prepared their hearts thereunto) …
49-2
49-2. Let the people assemble at the appointed time, that all being present at the beginning they may …
49-3
49-3. Let the people upon entering the church take their seats in a decent and reverent manner, and …
52-1
52-1. It is proper to begin the public worship in the sanctuary with the Doxology followed by a …
52-4
52-4. Ministers are not to be confined to fixed forms of prayer for public worship, yet it is …
53-4
53-4. As a primary design of public ordinances is to unite the people in acts of common worship …
54-1
54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that …
54-2
54-2. It is both a privilege and a duty, plainly enjoined in the Bible, to make regular, weekly, …
62-1
62-1. The observance of days of fasting and of thanksgiving, as the dispensations of Divine Providence may direct, …
63-1
63-1. In addition to public worship, it is the duty of each person in secret, and of every …
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 …
The Constitution Defined
III. THE CONSTITUTION DEFINED The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate …
4-1
4-1. A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine …
11-2
11-2. The jurisdiction of Church courts is only ministerial and declarative, and relates to the doctrines and precepts …
13-5
13-5. Ordinarily, only a minister who receives a call to a definite ecclesiastical work within the bounds of …
13-10
13-10. When a Presbytery determines to dissolve a church, it shall give no less than sixty (60) days …
13-12
13-12. The Presbytery shall meet at least twice a year on its own adjournment. The Moderator shall call …
14-3
14-3. When an emergency shall require a meeting of the General Assembly earlier than the time to which …
14-5
14-5. Any one hundred (100) of these commissioners, of whom half shall be teaching elders and half ruling …
14-8
14-8. The whole business of the Assembly being finished, and the vote taken for final adjournment, the moderator …
18-5
18-5. For the development of his Christian character, for the service he can render, and for his more …
19-4
19-4. The applicant having answered these questions in the affirmative, the moderator shall offer a prayer suitable for …
19-10
19-10. When an applicant is approved for internship, the moderator of the Presbytery shall offer a prayer suitable …
20-2
20-2. Every church should be under the pastoral oversight of a minister, and when a church has no …
20-6
20-6. Form of call: The terms of the call shall be approved by the congregation in the following …
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 …
24-1
24-1. Every church shall elect persons to the offices of ruling elder and deacon in the following manner: …
24-6
24-6. The day having arrived, and the Session being convened in the presence of the congregation, a sermon …
24-7
24-7. Ordination to the offices of ruling elder or deacon is perpetual; nor can such offices be laid …
25-2
25-2. Whenever it may seem for the best interests of the church that a congregational meeting should be …
25-11
25-11. While a congregation consists of all the communing members of a particular church, and in matters ecclesiastical …
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 …
28-5
28-5. All non-communing members shall be deemed under the care of the church to which their parents belong, …
29-1
29-1. An offense, the proper object of judicial process, is anything in the doctrines or practice of a …
32-7
32-7. The time which must elapse between the serving of the first citation on the accused person, and …
37-4
37-4. When an excommunicated person shall be so affected with his state as to be brought to repentance, …
42-5
42-5. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the lower court to file with the clerk …
43-6
43-6. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the lower court to file with the clerk …
45-1
45-1. Any member of a court who had a right to vote on a question, and is not …
47-8
47-8. It behooves God’s people not only to come into His presence with a deep sense of awe …
48-6
48-6. Let every person and family, in the morning, by secret and private prayer, for themselves and others, …
50-2
50-2. The reading of the Holy Scriptures in the congregation is a part of the public worship of …
51-1
51-1. Praising God through the medium of music is a duty and a privilege. Therefore, the singing of …
51-2
51-2. In singing the praises of God, we are to sing in the spirit of worship, with understanding …
51-4
51-4. The leadership in song is left to the judgment of the Session, who should give careful thought …
51-5
51-5. The proportion of the time of public worship given to praise is left to the judgment of …
54-3
54-3. It is appropriate that the offerings be dedicated by prayer.
57-5
57-5. The time having come for the making of a public profession, and those who have been approved …
58-4
58-4. On the day of the observance of the Lord's Supper, when the sermon is ended, the minister …
61-2
61-2. The funeral services are to be left largely to the discretion of the minister performing them, but …
62-2
62-2. Fasting and thanksgiving may be observed by individual Christians; by families; by particular congregations; by a number …
62-3
62-3. It should be left to the judgment and discretion of every Christian and family to determine when …
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 …