westminster catechisms

  • 1Westminster Catechisms —  Вестминстерские катехизисы …

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  • 2Westminster Synode — (Westminster Assembly of Divines), eine Synode, welche von dem Langen Parlament zur Neuorganisirung des ganzen Englischen Kirchenwesens auf streng puritanischer Basis berufen wurde. Sie bestand aus 121 Geistlichen aus den verschiedenen… …

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  • 3Westminster Assembly — a convocation that met at Westminster, London, 1643 49, and formulated the articles of faith (Westminster Confession of Faith) that are accepted as authoritative by most Presbyterian churches. * * * ▪ English history       (1643–52), assembly… …

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  • 4Westminster Theological Seminary — is a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution with campuses located in Glenside, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia), and Dallas, Texas, and programs of study in New York City, and London. In 1982, the California… …

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  • 5Westminster Confession of Faith — The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the subordinate standard of …

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  • 6Westminster Assembly — The Westminster Assembly of Divines was appointed by the Long Parliament to restructure the Church of England. The Assembly met for six years (1643 1649), and in the process produced the documents which are the major Confessional Standards of the …

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  • 7Westminster Shorter Catechism — The Westminster Shorter Catechism (also known simply as the Shorter Catechism, hereinafter referred to as the WSC) was written in the 1640s by English and Scottish divines. The assembly also produced the Westminster Confession of Faith and the… …

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  • 8Westminster Catechism — ▪ religion       either of two works, the Larger Westminster Catechism and the Shorter Westminster Catechism, used by English speaking Presbyterians and by some Congregationalists and Baptists. Written by the Westminster Assembly, which met… …

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  • 9WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES —    a convocation of divines assembled under authority of Parliament, at which delegates from England and Scotland adopted the SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT (q.v.), fixed the establishment of the Presbyterian form of Church government in the three… …

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  • 10Catechism — A catechism (pronEng|ˈkætəkɪzəm; gr. κατηχισμός) is a summary or exposition of doctrine, traditionally used in Christian religious teaching from New Testament times to the present. [ [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=2727… …

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