Westminster Assembly

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ecclesiastical council historical event synod

The Westminster Assembly was a 17th-century council of English and Scottish theologians that produced foundational Reformed confessional documents such as the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Westminster Assembly canonical	10
Westminster reformers	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical council ⓘ historical event ⓘ synod ⓘ
appointedBy	Ordinance of Parliament ⓘ
authorizedBy	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament
churchPolityAdvocated	Presbyterianism ⓘ
composedOf	English theologians ⓘ Erastian divines ⓘ Independent divines ⓘ Presbyterian divines ⓘ Scottish theologians ⓘ
convenedBy	Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
doctrinalEmphasis	covenant theology ⓘ doctrine of Scripture as supreme authority ⓘ predestination ⓘ
ecclesiasticalContext	reform of the Church of England ⓘ
endTime	1653 ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatusIn	Church of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian Church of Scotland many conservative Presbyterian denominations ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
influenced	American Presbyterianism ⓘ Church of Scotland doctrine ⓘ Congregational churches ⓘ Presbyterian churches worldwide ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ Reformed Baptist confessions ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
mainPurpose	to produce a new confession of faith and catechisms ⓘ to reform the doctrine, worship, and government of the Church of England ⓘ
metAt	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey precincts
numberOfMembers	approximately 120 ⓘ
opposedChurchPolity	Episcopacy in the Church of England ⓘ
politicalContext	conflict between Parliament and Charles I of England ⓘ
produced	Scots Confession ⓘ surface form: Confession of Faith for the Church of Scotland Directory for Public Worship ⓘ Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Form of Presbyterial Church Government Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
region	British Isles ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent	took place during the English Civil War ⓘ
startTime	1643 ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Puritanism → associatedWithEvent → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Westminster Confession of Faith → draftedBy → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Westminster Shorter Catechism → author → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Westminster Larger Catechism → authoringBody → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Directory for Public Worship → associatedBody → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Presbyterian–Independent conflict → relatedInstitution → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Solemn League and Covenant → associatedWith → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Samuel Rutherford → participantIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

English Independents → participatedIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

Foxite Whigs → hasPart → Westminster Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westminster reformers

Thomas Goodwin → participatedIn → Westminster Assembly ⓘ