The Westminster Shorter
Catechism
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The Shorter Catechism was one
of the products of the Westminster
Assembly which met in Westminster
Abbey, London from 1643 to 1652 to
distil the great teachings of the
Word of God and to formulate them
into a Confession of Faith and
other documents by which the church
in the three kingdoms of England,
Scotland and Ireland was to be
ordered.
Aquaintance with Scripture
doctrine is vital if we are to know
the way of salvation through the
Lord Jesus Christ. The question and
answer format of a Catechism lends
itself easily to learning and
memorisation and thereby key Bible
truths are instilled in the heart
and mind. The Westminster Divines
grounded all their statements on
Scripture as can be seen from the
proof texts they used.
The text and proof texts found
in this edition of the Catechism
are the original ones submitted by
the Westminster Assembly to the
English Parliament in 1648; only
the spellings have been updated.
The proof texts are given here in
full. In other published editions
some of the proof texts have been
partly or entirely ommitted,
substituted by other references or
had other references added to
them.
"And we know that the Son of
God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ, This is the true God and
eternal life" (1 John 5:20).