Westminster Shorter Catechism

The Westminster Assembly

Synods and Assemblies

The Westminster Assembly, 1643 to 1653: called by the Long Parliament in the middle of a civil war, 1,163 sessions in the Jerusalem Chamber, four contending parties, and the standards that failed in England and governed Presbyterianism everywhere else.

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The Westminster Larger Catechism

Catechisms

The Westminster Larger Catechism of 1647: Anthony Tuckney's masterpiece, written before the Shorter, with the fullest exposition of the Ten Commandments in any confessional document and the classic treatment of preparing for the Lord's Table.

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The Westminster Shorter Catechism

Catechisms

The Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1647: the Assembly that produced it, its two halves, and a close reading of the first question — eleven words that have shaped Reformed piety for four centuries.

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