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Category: Westminster Larger Catechism

  • Leithart Asks – on Justification and Baptism

    Peter Leithart has a question that every child who has memorized the Westminster Shorter Catechism should be able to answer: “If baptism is not a public declaration of justification, where and when does that public declaration take place?” (link) Westminster Shorter Catechism #38Q: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? A: At…

  • Revised Wesminster Standards vs. R2K

    The radical separation of church and state proposed by some folks that I would designate as “R2K” rather than “2K,” is contrary to the Westminster Standards. Practically everyone knows that such positions are contrary to the original Westminster Standards (and, of course, to the Standards as modified by the RPCNA testimony), but these positions are…

  • Thomas Ridgley on the Second Commandment

    The following is an excerpt from Thomas Ridgley’s, “A Body of Divinity, wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended: being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly’s Larger catechism” (pp. 328-335 of Volume 2 of the 1855 edition) THE SECOND COMMANDMENT. Question CVII. Which is the second commandment? Answer. The…

  • Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms on the Second Commandment

    From the Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 49. Which is the second commandment?A. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to…

  • Arminius’ Supposed Impact on Calvinism

    Dan (aka GodIsMyJudge) has provided a post alleging another impact of Arminius on Calvinism (link to his post). The first part of his post I’ll pass over, since I feel my previous post (link to my previous post) has adequately addressed that issue. However, Dan states: TF notes well the WCF is open to supra,…

  • Justification – Part III

    We now continue our consideration of Justification by examining some of the Reformed catechisms and their discussion on justification. Part I of this series (link) dealt with some of the major Reformed creedal statements, and Part II of this series (link) addressed the Helvetic Consensus. I have omitted many catechisms that could be added, which…