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| | Westminster Shorter Catechism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Westminster Shorter Catechism (also known simply as the Shorter Catechism, hereinafter referred to as the WSC) was written in the 1640s by English and Scottish divines. | | | The purpose of the Shorter Catechism is to educate lay persons in matters of doctrine and belief. | | | The assembly also produced the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Westminster Larger Catechism. |
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| | The Westminster Shorter Catechism |
| | The Westminster Shorter Catechism was completed in 1647 by the Westminster Assembly and continues to serve as part of the doctrinal standards of many Presbyterian churches. | | | "An Exposition of the (Westminster) Assembly's Shorter Catechism", 1688 | | | agreed upon by The Assembly of Divines at Westminster, with the Assistance of Commissioners from the Church of Scotland, as a part of the covenanted uniformity in religion betwixt the churches of Christ in the kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland. |
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http://www.redwhortleberry.com/bible/shorter_catechism.html
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| | Banner of Truth Trust General Articles |
| | The Westminster Shorter Catechism, consisting of a summary of Christian doctrine in 107 questions and answers, was written by the Westminster Assembly in London over 350 years ago. | | | Throughout history, the number of children receiving their religious instruction from the Shorter Catechism has been in the millions. | | | The Catechism has been acknowledged by many to be the most accurate and succinct summary of the Christian faith ever produced. |
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http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_detail.php?564
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| | Westminster Larger Catechism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Westminster Larger Catechism along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism is the catechism of Presbyterians througout the World. | | | The Westminster Shorter Catechism was to be "more easie and short for beginners" and the Larger Catechism was to be "more exact and comprehensive". | | | The Catechism was completed by the Westminster Assembly in 1647. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Larger_Catechism
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| | Downloadable Documents |
| | (WLC Adobe Acrobat PDF format) The Westminster Shorter Catechism was completed in 1647 by the Westminster Assembly and continues to serve as part of the doctrinal standards of many Presbyterian churches. | | | (WSC Adobe Acrobat PDF format) The Westminster Shorter Catechism was completed in 1647 by the Westminster Assembly and continues to serve as part of the doctrinal standards of many Presbyterian churches. | | | (WCF Adobe Acrobat PDF format) The First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, (December 4-7, 1973) adopted the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism and the Shorter Catechism as the doctrinal standards of the Church. |
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http://www.valleypresbyterian.org/downloadable_docs
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| | blogma: WCF Shorter Catechism Series Archives |
| | Over a year ago, Lynelle and I had serious intentions to memorize each Q&A in the shorter catechism, however Screwtape prevailed in thwarting that plan sometime after Q&A 10. | | | Through this sort of dialogue and study, the catechism makes it easy to become informed about the faith of the church; it helps us study the Bible; it summarizes some of the teachings that lie underneath events that the writers of the Bible wrote about. | | | All of this said, the catechism asks questions that thoughtful persons raise and then gives answers to such questions from which meditation and discussion can be launched and explored. |
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http://www.noidlebrain.com/archives/wcf_shorter_catechism_series/index.php
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| | Clayton Community Church |
| | In addition to the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Assembly wrote the "Westminster Shorter Catechism" and the "Westminster Larger Catechism," which state the same summaries of Scriptural teaching in question-and-answer format. | | | To see the Westminster Confession of Faith or either of its catechisms, click on the links below. | | | We recommend either the Confession of Faith or the Shorter Catechism as the best place to start. |
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http://www.claytoncommunitychurch.org/?page=beliefs.htm
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| | Bible Presbyterian Church Online: Westminster Shorter Catechism Project |
| | Bible Presbyterian Church Online: Westminster Shorter Catechism Project | | | This project was started in November of 1997, about 350 years after the Westminster Confession and Catechisms were written (1642-1647). | | | It is worth while to be a Shorter Catechism boy. |
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http://www.bpc.org/wsc/index_wsc.html
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| | Bible Presbyterian Church Online: WSC Question 1 |
| | John Flavel's Exposition of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism | | | Thomas Vincent's The Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture | | | Alexander Whyte's A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism |
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http://www.shortercatechism.com/resources/wsc/wsc_001.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English |
| | The Westminster Larger Catechism: A Commentary by Johannes Geerhardus Vos | | | This translation eliminates this problem, and allows for a succinct and very faithful reintroduction of the Shorter Catechism to the masses via Reformed liturgy and instruction. | | | The original language of the Shorter Catechism is sometimes difficult to follow, and this resulted in a decreasing emphasis upon its use. |
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| | Westminster Larger Catechism Question 4 Part 1 |
| | We have taken a vow that we receive the Westminster Standards, the Confession, and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms as teaching that doctrine that is taught in Scripture. | | | In Westminster Larger catechism question number three, we saw that the Word of God is the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament and that Scripture is our only rule of faith and obedience. | | | When the Larger Catechism sets forth the Word of God as the only rule of faith and obedience, it says we must believe something and we must obey something. |
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http://www.fpcr.org/blue_banner_articles/WLC4a.htm
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| | The Westminster Larger Catechism: A Commentary - Johannes G. Vos: |
| | Because the Larger Catechism supplements the Shorter Catechism on such topics as the church and the means of grace, Presbyterians dare not ignore it. | | | Of the three documents that comprise the Westminster Standards, the Larger Catechism has been the most neglected, even by conservative Presbyterians who profess to embrace these Standards. | | | The Westminster Larger Catechism: A Commentary - Johannes G. Vos: |
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| | About the EPC Position Paper: Abortion |
| | Administration of and participation in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper must be done in accordance with Scripture as expressed in the Westminster Confession of Faith, chapters 27 and 29, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, questions 96 and 97, and the Westminster Larger Catechism, questions 168 through 177. | | | This is explained in the Westminster Larger Catechism, #173. | | | The Committee on Theology issued this pastoral letter to the 13th General Assembly in response to its request for guidance on the subject of young children and their participation in the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. |
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http://www.epc.org/about-epc/pastoral-letters/lords-supper.html
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| | Pacifism in the Westminster Larger Catechism |
| | The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms were written in the 1640's. | | | The footnoted Scripture references are in the original text of the Catechism. | | | Below is the Catechism's exposition of the Sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." Over the years, I have attempted to follow these commands, although I have come to reject the lines justifying war, lethal self-defense, and capital punishment. |
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| | Catechism Lessons |
| | Lessons are prepared on all the questions in the Westminster Shorter Catechism. | | | Each Lesson is cross-referenced with the Children's Catechism, Westminster Larger Catechism, Westminster Confession of Faith, and Savoy Declaration. | | | You are welcome to download these lessons and use them in your church and home as you see fit. |
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http://www.trinityopc.org/catechism_lessons.htm
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| | The James Begg Society |
| | The James Begg Society has published the Westminster Shorter Catechism in booket form — details of which can be found in our Publications Catalogue. | | | Click on a number below and you will be taken to the corresponding question and answer in the Shorter Catechism on this page. | | | And, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen |
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| | Doctrine |
| | These items are the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Larger Catechism and the Westminster Shorter Catechism. | | | The official doctrinal position of Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in America is contained in the documents known as the Westminster Standards. | | | The items listed below deal with specific matters of faith and are included here for additional explanation and understanding. |
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http://www.geocities.com/covenantpc/doctrine/docindex.html
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| | Westminster Shorter Catechism |
| | In two volumes G.I.Williamson offers clear and helpful exposition of each question in the Westminster Shorter Catechism. | | | As its name implies this is a "concise" survey of each question in the Westminster Catechism. | | | A "Pocket Guide" to the questions of the Westminster Catechism with scripture proofs for each. |
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http://www.covenanthome.com/05-12.htm
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| | Bible History Links - Study Tools : |
| | The Apostle`s Creed, The Athanasian Creed, The Nicene Creed, The Augsburg Confession, The Westminster Confession, The Second Helvetic Confession, A Puritan Confession of Faith, The Westminster Catechism - Shorter Version, The Westminster Catechism - Larger Version, The Heidelberg Catechism, A Puritan Catechism, Bible Study Tools. | | | Search the KJV, ASV, YLT, and Darby versions of the Bible This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. | | | Courtesy of the Media Management`s Bible Study Tools. |
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| | St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Groton CT - Useful Links |
| | This site lets you read through the Westminster Shorter Catechism with extensive links to supporting scripture and commentaries. | | | This catechism spells out some fundamental Christian beliefs. | | | About 1200 short papers written on subjects ranging from Abortion to Zoroastrianism (listed in alphabetical order) |
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| | Plan of the Westminster Larger Catechism |
| | (adapted from Roderick Lawson on the Shorter Catechism) | | | Please Click on the Question number to see the short commentary by Pastor J.J. Lim. |
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| | Westminster Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Over the next four years, the Assembly produced and forwarded to Parliament "The Directory for the Publick Worship of God", "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government", a "Shorter Catechism" and "Larger Catechism", and a creedal statement, "The Westminster Confession". | | | The Westminster Assembly of Divines 1643 was appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England. | | | The Assembly's first meeting was in the Henry VII Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey on July 1, 1643. |
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| | PCA: COF PREFACE |
| | The First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, meeting at the Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, December 4-7, 1973, adopted the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism and the Shorter Catechism as the doctrinal standards of the Church. | | | The Presbyterian Church in America received the same Confession and Catechisms as those that were adopted by the first American Presbyterian Assembly of 1789, with two minor exceptions, namely, the deletion of strictures against marrying one's wife's kindred (XXIV,4), and the reference to the Pope as the antichrist (XXV,6). | | | The Caruthers edition of the Confession and Catechisms, which is based upon the original manuscript written by Cornelius Burgess is the Edition presented to and adopted by the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Catechism |
| | The Larger and Shorter Catechisms, which, with the Westminster Confession of Faith, are the standard catechisms of the Presbyterian churches throughout the countries of the former British Empire and the U.S., were compiled by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster (1645-52). | | | The Protestant religious doctrines of the Socinians are embodied in the greater and smaller Racovian Catechisms (Raków, Poland, 1605). | | | In the Roman Catholic church, the first official catechism, prepared by the Council of Trent and published in 1566, was known as the Roman Catechism, or the Catechism of Pius V. It was not a textbook, but a compendium of doctrine for the guidance of pastors and teachers. |
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| | PCA: COF PREFACE |
| | The First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, meeting at the Briarwood Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, December 4-7, 1973, adopted the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism and the Shorter Catechism as the doctrinal standards of the Church. | | | The Presbyterian Church in America received the same Confession and Catechisms as those that were adopted by the first American Presbyterian Assembly of 1789, with two minor exceptions, namely, the deletion of strictures against marrying one's wife's kindred (XXIV,4), and the reference to the Pope as the antichrist (XXV,6). | | | The Scripture proof texts are essentially those of the Westminster Assembly, which have been approved by the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, but which are not a part of the Constitution itself. |
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| | A Comparison of the Westminster and the Reformed Confessions |
| | The Larger Catechism, fundamentally an abridgement of the Westminster Confession itself, was intended to be used in the preaching; while the Shorter Catechism, in turn an abridgment of the Larger, was intended for the instruction of children. | | | In close connection with this, the divines on the Westminster Assembly were by no means of one mind in all matters of faith and polity. | | | The purpose for calling the Assembly reads in part: "for settling of the government and liturgy of the Church of England." [6] While it was true that a national religion was also established in the Lowlands and other parts of the continent, the Puritan purpose, as defined by the National League and Covenant was different. |
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| | A Comparison of the Westminster and the Reformed Confessions |
| | The Larger Catechism, fundamentally an abridgement of the Westminster Confession itself, was intended to be used in the preaching; while the Shorter Catechism, in turn an abridgment of the Larger, was intended for the instruction of children. | | | In close connection with this, the divines on the Westminster Assembly were by no means of one mind in all matters of faith and polity. | | | The Confessions were, however, cast into English form, particularly in the sense that there was a conscious effort to establish continuity in English theology between the Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England as interpreted by the Lambeth Articles (1595) and the Irish Articles of Faith, drawn up by Bishop Ussher of Dublin (1615). |
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| | CATECHISM - LoveToKnow Article on CATECHISM |
| | Even when (as in the Shorter Westminster Catechism and the School Catechism) the Creed is simply printed as an appendix, or where (as in the Free Church Catechism) it is not mentioned at all, its substance is dealt with. | | | Since 1648 the standard Presbyterian catechisms have been those compiled by the Westminster Assembly, presented to parliament in 1647, and then authorized by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (July 1648) and by the Scottish parliament (January 1649). | | | The former is based on the Epistle to the Romans, and deals with the religious life as (1) Repentance, (2) Faith, (3) Love. |
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