The Larger Catechism - original, year 1647

AGREED UPON BY THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COMMISSIONERS FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND

AS A PART OF THE COVENANTED UNIFORMITY IN RELIGION BETWIXT THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE KINGDOMS OF SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, AND IRELAND.

AND APPROVED, ANNO 1648, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, TO BE A DIRECTORY FOR CATECHISING SUCH AS HAVE MADE SOME PROFICIENCY IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROUNDS OF RELIGION, WITH THE PROOFS THEREOF OUT OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Assembly at EDINBURGH, July 2, 1648. Session 10.

Act approving the LARGER CATECHISM.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, having exactly examined and seriously considered the LARGER CATECHISM, agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines sitting at Westminster, with the assistance of the Commissioners from this Kirk, copies thereof having been printed and sent to the Presbyteries, for a more exact trial of the same; and public intimation having been frequently made in this Assembly, that all who had any doubt or objection concerning it might bring it in; doth find, upon due examination thereof, that the said Catechism is agreeable to the Word of God, and in nothing contrary to the received doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of this Kirk; is a necessary part of the intended uniformity in religion, and a rich treasure for increasing knowledge among the people of God: and therefore the Assembly, as it doth bless the Lord for the preparing of so excellent a Catechism, doth approve the same as a part of the intended uniformity; agreeing, for its part, that it be a common Catechism for the three kingdoms, and a Directory for catechising such as have made some proficiency in the knowledge of the grounds of religion.