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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
12
Of the Holy Scripture
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is …
Of the Holy Scripture
Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the …
Of the Holy Scripture
The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which, at the time of the …
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 obedience …
Of the Holy Scripture
… of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge …
Of the Holy Scripture
… Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be …
Of God’s Covenant with Man
This covenant of grace is frequently set forth in Scripture by the name of a Testament, in reference to the death of Jesus Christ …
Of the Holy Scripture
The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony …
Of the Holy Scripture
… the testimony of the Church to a high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture. And the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of …
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 good, and doth good unto all, …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
8
What do the scriptures make known of God?
The scriptures make known what God is, the persons in the Godhead, his decrees, and the …
How doth it appear that the scriptures are the word of God?
The scriptures manifest themselves to be the word of God, by their majesty and purity; by …
What is the word of God?
The holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, the only rule …
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, …
How is the word of God to be read?
The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a …
What do the scriptures principally teach?
The scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires …
What is required of those that hear the word preached?
… attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine: What they hear by the scriptures; receive the truth with faith, love, meekness, and readiness of mind, as the word …
Is the word of God to be read by all?
… read it apart by themselves, and with their families: to which end, the holy scriptures are to be translated out of the original into vulgar languages.
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
2
What do the Scriptures principally teach?
The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires …
What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
27
50-1
50-1. The public reading of the Holy Scriptures is performed by the minister as God’s servant. Through it God speaks most directly …
27-4
… the day of the Lord Jesus. Discipline is systematic training under the authority of God’s Scripture. No communing or non-communing member of the Church should be allowed to stray …
54-1
54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that …
47-1
47-1. Since the Holy Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice, the principles of public worship …
4-1
… a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine worship and godly living, agreeable to the Scriptures, and submitting to the lawful government of Christ's kingdom.
20-1
… afford the liberty to proclaim and practice fully and freely the whole counsel of God, as contained in the Scriptures and understood in the Westminster Confession of Faith. It …
48-6
… by secret and private prayer, for themselves and others, especially for the assistance of God to their minister, and for a blessing upon his ministry, by reading the Scriptures, …
52-2
… should be a full and comprehensive prayer: a. Adoring the glory and perfections of God, as they are made known to us in the works of creation, in the …
27-5
… Scriptural law is the basis of all discipline because it is the revelation of God’s Holy will. Proper disciplinary principles are set forth in the Scriptures and must be …
39-3
39-3. While affirming that the Scripture is “the supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined” …