The Reformation · 1646; catechisms 1647
The Westminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Assembly
What it is
Thirty-three chapters of Reformed doctrine drafted by an assembly of divines during the English Civil War, accompanied by a Larger and a Shorter Catechism whose first question asks what the chief end of man is.
Why it lasted
The doctrinal standard of Presbyterianism worldwide, and the most precise confessional document the English language has produced.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
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