| Title: | The CHRISTIAN Notesfile |
| Notice: | Jesus reigns! - Intros: note 4; Praise: note 165 |
| Moderator: | ICTHUS::YUILLE ON |
| Created: | Tue Feb 16 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Fri May 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 962 |
| Total number of notes: | 42902 |
This is a note to help you and your families memorize the Shorter Catechism. Each reply will have one question and one answer out of view till you press return. If you would like to talk about a particular issue in a catechism, please use the next note, so that this note can be easily paged through as new catechisms are added. The Shorter Catechism was written by the Assembly of Divines that met in Westminster which met from 1643-1647. As a subordinate standard, it is a systematic presentation of orthodox biblical teaching which has been used by thousands of Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists and others for over 300 years. This kind of systematic theology can be a very helpful as a roadmap to biblical truths. But unlike the Bible, the confessions and catechisms of the church can be changed to make them more closely correspond to the Bible, as these were when they were originally adopted by the church in America in 1789. They are a helpful compliment to Scripture memorization, and protect us from harmful distortions of biblical teaching. By the way, I also have some handouts on these for children that I have used in Sunday School. Peace, Steve
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| 355.1 | SC #1 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Tue Dec 21 1993 10:10 | 10 | |
Q1: What is the chief end of man?
A: Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
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| 355.2 | SC #2 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Wed Dec 22 1993 08:09 | 13 | |
Q2: What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy
him?
A: The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify
and enjoy him.
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| 355.3 | SC #3 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Wed Dec 22 1993 20:34 | 12 | |
Q3: What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning
God and what duty God requires of man.
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| 355.4 | SC #4 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Wed Jan 05 1994 15:47 | 10 | |
Q4: What is God?
A: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable,
in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
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| 355.5 | SC #5 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Thu Jan 06 1994 15:00 | 9 | |
Q5: Are there more Gods than one?
A: There is but One only, the living and true God.
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| 355.6 | SC #6 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Fri Jan 07 1994 15:09 | 11 | |
Q6: How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A: There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in
substance, equal in power and glory.
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| 355.7 | SC #7 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Mon Jan 10 1994 16:43 | 11 | |
Q7: What are the decrees of God?
A: The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel
of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained
whatsoever comes to pass.
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| 355.8 | SC #8 | GERBIL::MAGEE | Mon Jan 17 1994 16:33 | 9 | |
Q8: How doth God execute his decrees?
A: God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
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