The Westminster Confession of Faith: American Revision (WCF)

by Westminster Assembly

Publisher:

Faithlife

, 1996

Overview

Produced by the Westminster Assembly for the great Parliament, this time-honored treasure of the faith bears striking resemblance to the Irish Articles, but is far abler, fuller, and superior to any of its predecessors, and gives proof that the Assembly was steadily dominated by its aim to state nothing therein which is not expressly taught in the Word of God, or derivable therefrom by good and necessary reference. Working thus it produced not only the most logical and most complete, but the most Biblical and the noblest creed ever yet published. This edition contains the American revision, which, in addition to other changes, removes portions of chapter XXV regarding the Pope.

Contents

Top Highlights

“yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation” (source)

“ut by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ unto them” (source)

“in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.” (source)

“The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined” (source)

“Faith, thus receiving and resting on Christ and His righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Westminster Confession of Faith
• Author: Westminster Assembly
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems
• Publication Date: 1996

About Westminster Assembly

The Westminster Assembly was a synod of British clergy, theologians, and members of Parliament during the lead-up to the British Civil War tasked with restructuring the Church of England. It began on July 1, 1643, with a sermon preached by William Twisse in the nave of Westminster Abbey. Most of the Assembly ceased attending meetings after the new regime required an oath of engagement to the commonwealth in 1649, though nominal meetings continued into the 1650s. The Assembly produced the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, liturgical manuals for the Churches of England and Scotland, and other subordinate standards. The Assembly worked in the Reformed tradition according to covenant theology, taking the Bible as the authoritative word of God. Though the Assembly’s work was repudiated during the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the Confession of Faith and other standards remained the definitive Reformed confessional literature throughout the English-speaking world.