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Agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, with the assistance of commissioners from The Church of Scotland, as part of the Covenanted Uniformity in religion betwixt the churches of Christ in the Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
This edition contains the Westminster Confession of Faith as approved by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1647. It also includes Chapters 20, 23, 31, as altered, amended, and adopted as the Doctrinal Part of the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in American, 1788. Additional footnotes have been inserted at Chapters 22.111, 24.IV, and 25.VI, to indicate other places where the Confession has been altered in the editions adopted by the OPC and the PCA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Contents of the Chapters in the Confession of Faith
1 Of the Holy Scripture
2 Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
3 Of God’s Eternal Decree
4 Of Creation
5 Of Providence
6 Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
7 Of God’s Covenant with Man
8 Of Christ the Mediator
9 Of Free-Will
10 Of Effectual Calling
11 Of Justification
12 Of Adoption
13 Of Sanctification
14 Of Saving Faith
15 Of Repentance unto Life
16 Of Good Works
17 Of the Perseverance of the Saints
18 Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
19 Of the Law of God
20 Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
21 Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
22 Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
23 Of the Civil Magistrate
24 Of Marriage and Divorce
25 Of the Church
26 Of Communion of Saints
27 Of the Sacraments
28 Of Baptism
29 Of the Lord’s Supper
30 Of Church Censures
31 Of Synods and Councils
32 Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
33 Of the Last Judgment