Westminster Shorter Catechism

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The Westminster Shorter Catechism is a 17th-century Reformed Protestant teaching tool, structured as a series of questions and answers that summarize core Christian doctrines for instruction, especially of children and new believers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century religious text ⓘ
Christian catechism ⓘ
Reformed confessional document ⓘ
associatedWith Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ
author Westminster Assembly ⓘ
commissionedBy English Parliament ⓘ
contains exposition of the Lord’s Prayer ⓘ
exposition of the Ten Commandments ⓘ
summary of the Apostles’ Creed ⓘ
dateWritten 1647 ⓘ
doctrineEmphasis authority of Scripture ⓘ
covenant theology ⓘ
justification by faith alone ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
genre doctrinal summary ⓘ
historicalContext English Civil War era ⓘ
influenced Reformed catechetical instruction worldwide ⓘ
influencedBy Genevan Reformed theology ⓘ
Heidelberg Catechism ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
lay church members ⓘ
new converts ⓘ
inUseSince 17th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
numberOfQuestions 107 ⓘ
openingAnswer Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. ⓘ
openingQuestion What is the chief end of man? ⓘ
placeOfOrigin England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
purpose catechesis of children ⓘ
catechesis of new believers ⓘ
instruction in Christian doctrine ⓘ
religiousTradition Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Reformed Protestantism ⓘ
status subordinate standard in many Presbyterian denominations ⓘ
structure question and answer format ⓘ
subject Christ the Redeemer ⓘ
God and His decrees ⓘ
application of redemption ⓘ
creation and providence ⓘ
fall of man and sin ⓘ
means of grace ⓘ
moral law ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinism ⓘ
usedBy Presbyterian churches ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Reformed churches ⓘ

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