Westminster Larger Catechism

(The Westminster Larger Catechism, original of the year 1647).

In 1643, when the Long Parliament of England convened the Westminster Assembly to produce the Confession of Faith, it also laid down guidelines for a "Catechism."
The Assembly asked Herbert Palmer to draw up an outline of the Catechism, but Robert Baillie and the other Scottish commissioners were left disappointed.

In December a committee was appointed to write a catechism, and in January 1647 the Assembly gave up the idea of writing a single catechism and divided it into two: the Shorter Catechism, meant to be "brief and easy for beginners," and the Larger Catechism, more precise and comprehensive.

The catechism was completed in 1647, and the following year it was adopted by the General Assembly of Scotland.

Q. 183. For whom are we to pray?

A. We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates and ministers; for ourselves, our brethren, yea, our enemies; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death.

Ephesians 6:18.
Psalms 28:9.
1 Timothy 2:1,2.
Colossians 4:3.
Genesis 32:11.
James 5:16.
Matthew 5:44.
1 Timothy 2:1,2.
John 17:20.
2 Samuel 7:29.
2 Samuel 12:21-23.
1 John 5:16.

Q. 183. For whom are we to pray?▶︎

Q. 183. For whom are we to pray?