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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, …
Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
… their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them: the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
… in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, …
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” …
The Constitution Defined
… of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the inerrant Word Of God, consists of its …
26-1
… of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the inerrant Word of God, consists of its …
50-2
50-2. The reading of the Holy Scriptures in the congregation is a part of the public worship of God and should …
63-3
… Family worship, which should be observed by every family, consists in prayer, reading the Scriptures, and singing praises; or in some briefer form of outspoken recognition of God.
19-3
… moderator shall propose to him the following questions, namely: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …
21-5
… candidate, he shall propose to him the following questions: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …
24-6
… the presence of the church, the following questions, namely: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word …
56-4
… Testament; the Covenant of Grace, for substance, being the same; and the grace of God, and the consolation of believers, more plentiful than before; f. That the Son of …
52-4
… as well as for preaching. He should, by a thorough acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures, by the study of the best writers on prayer, by meditation, and by a …
61-1
… appropriate psalms or hymns; b. The reading of some suitable portion or portions of Scripture, with such remarks as it may seem proper to the minister to make; c. …
49-4
… attend public worship are expected to be present in a spirit of reverence and godly fear, forbearing to engage in any conduct unbecoming to the place and occasion. Since …
4-5
… at other suitable times, for prayer, praise, the presenting and expounding of the Holy Scriptures, and exhortation, or the reading of a sermon of some approved minister. In like …
7-2
… Church, including teaching. Only those elders who are specially gifted, called and trained by God to preach may serve as teaching elders. The office of deacon is not one …
27-3
… highly important and necessary. In its proper usage discipline maintains: a. the glory of God, b. the purity of His Church, c. the keeping and reclaiming of disobedient sinners. …
29-1
… a Church member professing faith in Christ which is contrary to the Word of God. The Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly, …
Preliminary Principles
… setting forth the form of government founded upon and agreeable to the Word of God, reiterates the following great principles which have governed the formation of the plan: 1. …
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 …