Westminster Assembly

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The Westminster Assembly was a 17th-century council of English and Scottish theologians that produced foundational Reformed confessional documents such as the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical council ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
synod ⓘ
appointedBy Ordinance of Parliament ⓘ
authorizedBy English Parliament ⓘ
churchPolityAdvocated Presbyterianism ⓘ
composedOf English theologians ⓘ
Erastian divines ⓘ
Independent divines ⓘ
Presbyterian divines ⓘ
Scottish theologians ⓘ
convenedBy Long Parliament ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis covenant theology ⓘ
doctrine of Scripture as supreme authority ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
ecclesiasticalContext reform of the Church of England ⓘ
endTime 1653 ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatusIn Presbyterian Church of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Church of Scotland

many conservative Presbyterian denominations ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
influenced American Presbyterianism ⓘ
Church of Scotland doctrine ⓘ
Congregational churches ⓘ
Presbyterian churches worldwide ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
Reformed Baptist confessions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
mainPurpose to produce a new confession of faith and catechisms ⓘ
to reform the doctrine, worship, and government of the Church of England ⓘ
metAt Westminster Abbey precincts ⓘ
numberOfMembers approximately 120 ⓘ
opposedChurchPolity Episcopacy in the Church of England ⓘ
politicalContext conflict between Parliament and Charles I of England ⓘ
produced Confession of Faith for the Church of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Scots Confession

Directory for Public Worship ⓘ
Form of Presbyterial Church Government ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ
Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent took place during the English Civil War ⓘ
startTime 1643 ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinism ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ

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Puritanism → associatedWithEvent → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Westminster Confession of Faith → draftedBy → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Westminster Shorter Catechism → author → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism → authoringBody → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Directory for Public Worship → associatedBody → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Solemn League and Covenant → associatedWith → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Samuel Rutherford → participantIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
English Independents → participatedIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Foxite Whigs → hasPart → Westminster reformers ⓘ
linked to: Westminster Assembly
Thomas Goodwin → participatedIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Presbyterian party → participatedIn → Westminster Assembly debates ⓘ
linked to: Westminster Assembly
English Puritan churches → associatedWith → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Robert Baillie → participantIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ
Truth’s Victory over Error → influencedBy → Westminster Assembly divines ⓘ
linked to: Westminster Assembly
Form of Government of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church → influencedBy → Westminster Assembly’s principles of church polity ⓘ
linked to: Westminster Assembly