The Westminster Standards

The Westminster Standards collects the three documents important to many demoninations:

- The Confession of Faith

- Larger Catechism

- Shorter Catechism

Written between 1643-1647, this material's goal is to concisely and systematically present key elements of the Christian faith as taught in the Bible. 

I have previously blogged about these twice:

- The Confessions of Our Faith

- The Westminster Confession of Faith for Study Classes

And go into more detail about the history, value, and potential pitfalls of these documents in those posts (especially the first link). Overall, the documents are excellent and highly valuable—but they will always remain subordinate to Scripture. (Some churches demand their congregants or elders fully adhere to the statements espoused in these documents; while I agree the statements are largely excellent, I am leery of 'swearing allegiance' to any document outside the Bible.) 

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