The Westminster Standards

The WCF is the best orthodox confession ever produced. Thoroughly Biblical, and thoroughly Christian. Here you can download everything, and read through all the available Westminster Standards. The articles immediately below are about the 1647 Standards, and there are some historical essays on various Governmental ideas surrounding Presbyterianism. Below the articles are the complete 1647 Standards, unedited, and original. Included are the sections listed for the Solemn League and Covenant, as well as the larger and shorter catechisms. Also, don’t miss the new section on the members of the Assembly of divines. Each member has listed all their works under each name, which is a very helpful bibliography, and links to their various writings.

Articles about the Westminster Confession:

• The Reformed View of Schism – by Rev. Andrew Clarkson
• Warrants to Believe – Westminster Confession and Sum of Saving Knowledge
• The Apostolic Church Which Is It – by Dr. Thomas Witherow
• An Answer to Jus Divinum – Ministers of England
• The Illumination of the Holy Spirit & Theological Traditionalism – by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
• Religious Principles of the Scottish Martyrs – by Dr. Andrew Symington
• The Late Schismatic Petition For a Diabolical Toleration Of Several Religions Expounded – by Doctor Holdisworth
• Reformation of Church Government in Scotland – by The Scottish Commissioners
• Against The Independent’s Catechism
• Union and Uniformity in the Church – by Thomas Houston
• The WCF on Church & State – by Dr. William Cunningham
• The Catechisms of the Westminster Assembly – by Dr. John Murray
• Sermon 1: On The Solemn League & Covenant – by Rev. Thomas Case
• Sermon 2: On The Solemn League & Covenant – by Rev. Thomas Case
• The Calling of the Westminster Assembly – by Dr. John Murray
• Is the Shorter Catechism Worth While? – by Dr. Benjamin B. Warfield
• The Heart’s Engagement, A Sermon on the Solemn League & Covenant – by Thomas Coleman
• On The Solemn League & Covenant, Exhortation – by Alexander Henderson
• A Sermon at London On The Solemn League & Covenant – by Rev. Edmond Calamy
• A Sermon at Westminster On The Solemn League & Covenant – by Rev. Joseph Caryl
• An Address at Westminster on the Solemn League & Covenant – by Rev. Phillip Nye
• Mr. Rutherford’s Testimony to the Covenanted Work of Reformation – by Samuel Rutherford
• What is Meant by Adopting the Westminster Confession – by Dr. Charles Hodge
• The History and Theology of the Solemn League and Covenant – by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
• The Westminster Assembly and Its Work – by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
• The Standards of the Westminster Confession of Faith – by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
• A History of the Westminster Assembly – by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
• Some Reasons for Retaining the WCF as a Basis for Ecclesiastical Union – by Dr. James Willison
• Broad Churchism – by Robert Lewis Dabney
• Catholic Communion True Communion between the Saints – by John T. Pressly

The 1647 Standards and Confession of Faith of
the Westminster Assembly of Divines

These documents come from the original text of 1646, from the manuscript of Cornelius Burgess, Assessor to the Westminster Assembly, with the Assembly’s proof texts, as published in the modern critical edition of 1937 by S. W. Carruthers.

A list of the Members of the Westminster Assembly along with their writings: a bibliography of the Westminster Divines.

The Solemn League & Covenant (For a history of this subject see the articles at the right or above.)
The Shorter Catechism
The Larger Catechism
Directory for Publick Worship
Directory for Private (Family) Worship
Form of Presbyterian Church Government
The Sum of Saving Knowledge
Warrants to Believe
Introduction to the Confession, by Thomas Manton

To the Christian Reader

(1647) Westminster Confession of Faith
Chapter I – Of the Holy Scripture
Chapter II – Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
Chapter III – Of God’s Eternal Decree
Chapter IV – Of Creation
Chapter V – Of Providence
Chapter VI – Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
Chapter VII – Of God’s Covenant with Man
Chapter VIII – Of Christ the Mediator
Chapter IX – Of Free Will
Chapter X – Of Effectual Calling
Chapter XI – Of Justification
Chapter XII – Of Adoption
Chapter XIII – Of Sanctification
Chapter XIV – Of Saving Faith
Chapter XV – Of Repentance unto Life
Chapter XVI – Of Good Works
Chapter XVII – Of the Perseverance of the Saints
Chapter XVIII – Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Chapter XIX – Of the Law of God
Chapter XX – Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
Chapter XXI – Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
Chapter XXII – Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
Chapter XXIII – Of the Civil Magistrate
Chapter XXIV – Of Marriage and Divorce
Chapter XXV – Of the Church
Chapter XXVI – Of the Communion of Saints
Chapter XXVII – Of the Sacraments
Chapter XXVIII – Of Baptism
Chapter XXIX – Of the Lord’s Supper
Chapter XXX – Of Church Censures
Chapter XXXI – Of Synods and Councils
Chapter XXXII – Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
Chapter XXXIII – Of the Last Judgment

Index to the Westminster Standards