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The Larger Catechism Of The Presbyterian Church

The Larger Catechism Of The Presbyterian Church

 

Q. 1. What is the chief and highest end of man?
A. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify God, and fully to enjoy him forever.

 

Q. 2. How doth it appear that there is a God?
A. The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; but his word and Spirit only do sufficiently and effectually reveal him unto… Continue reading

The Westminster Confession Of Faith

The Westminster Confession Of Faith

(1646)


Chapter I. Of the holy Scripture
 
Chapter II. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
 
Chapter III. Of God’s Eternal Decree
 
Chapter IV. Of Creation
 
Chapter V. Of Providence
 
Chapter VI. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
 
Chapter VII. Of God’s Covenant with Man
 
Chapter VIII. Of Christ the Mediator
 
Chapter IX. Of Free Will
 
Chapter X. Of Effectual… Continue reading

An Introduction To The Canons of Dordt

An Introduction To The Canons of Dordt

 

The Decision of the Synod of Dordt on the Five Main Points of Doctrine in Dispute in the Netherlands is popularly known as the Canons of Dordt. It consists of statements of doctrine adopted by the great Synod of Dordt which met in the city of Dordrecht in 1618-19. Although this was a national synod of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands, it had an international character, since it was composed not… Continue reading

The Five Articles of the Remonstrants

The Five Articles of the Remonstrants

(Arminian Heresy)

These are often referred to as the 5 points of Arminianism, a “free-will” heresy to which the 5 points of Calvinism were written to address.

 

Article 1.

[Conditional Election – corresponds to the second of TULIP’s five points, Unconditional Election]

 

That God, by an eternal and unchangeable purpose in Jesus Christ his Son before the foundation of the world, has determined that out of the fallen, sinful race of men,… Continue reading

The Heidelberg Catechism

The Heidelberg Catechism

 

This is an HTML adaption of the e-text version provided by “The Christian Classics Ethereal Libray” (CCEL). The text version is located at http://www.ccel.org/creeds/heidelberg-cat-ext.txt

 

Brief History of the Heidelberg Catechism

 

One of the symbolical books of the Reformed Church. Its name is derived from the city in which it was compiled and first printed. It is also sometimes styled the Palatinate Catechism, from the territory (the Palatinate) of the prince (Frederick III) under… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>