Westminster Larger Catechism

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17th-century religious text Christian catechism Reformed confessional document theological work

The Westminster Larger Catechism is a detailed 17th-century Reformed doctrinal teaching tool, produced by the Westminster Assembly, that systematically explains Christian theology in a question-and-answer format.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Westminster Larger Catechism canonical	18
Larger Catechism	1
The Larger Catechism	1
Westminster Standards	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century religious text ⓘ Christian catechism ⓘ Reformed confessional document ⓘ theological work ⓘ
authoringBody	Westminster Assembly ⓘ
centuryOfComposition	17th century ⓘ
commissionedBy	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament
confessionalStatus	subordinate standard in many Presbyterian churches ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
dateOfComposition	1647 ⓘ
denominationalUse	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church Reformed churches ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis	covenant of grace ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ means of grace ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ
format	question-and-answer ⓘ
genre	confessional and catechetical literature ⓘ
historicalContext	English Civil War era ⓘ
influenced	Presbyterian doctrinal standards worldwide ⓘ later Reformed catechisms ⓘ
isPartOf	Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ surface form: Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ surface form: Westminster Standards
language	English ⓘ
lengthRelativeToOtherCatechisms	longer ⓘ
placeOfComposition	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
primaryAudience	ministers and mature believers ⓘ
purpose	catechetical teaching ⓘ instruction in Christian doctrine ⓘ systematic explanation of Christian theology ⓘ
relatedWork	Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism Reformed Christianity ⓘ
secondaryAudience	catechumens in Reformed churches ⓘ
statusInTradition	authoritative teaching summary in many Reformed churches ⓘ
structureFeature	numbered questions and answers ⓘ
subject	Christology ⓘ Lord’s Prayer ⓘ surface form: Lord's Prayer Ten Commandments ⓘ covenant theology ⓘ doctrine of God ⓘ ecclesiology ⓘ moral law ⓘ sacraments ⓘ soteriology ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Calvinism ⓘ surface form: Reformed orthodoxy
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ
usedFor	ordination examinations in some Presbyterian denominations ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Westminster Larger Catechism is a detailed 17th-century Reformed doctrinal teaching tool, produced by the Westminster Assembly, that systematically explains Christian theology in a question-and-answer format.

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Three Forms of Unity → relatedTo → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westminster Standards

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Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

Free Church of Scotland → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

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Orthodox Presbyterian Church → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

Directory for Public Worship → relatedDocument → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

Christian catechism → hasNotableExample → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

Reformed Presbyterian Church → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

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subject surface form: Presbyterian Church in America

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General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

Committee on Christian Education → confessionalBasis → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

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Book of Confessions → hasPart → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Larger Catechism

Scottish Protestant churches → confessionalBasis → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Larger Catechism

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Hall → confessionalStandard → Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ