Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster – Westminster Confession of Faith 1646

Westminster Confession of Faith – 1646

1. Of the Holy Scripture
2. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
3. Of God’s Eternal Decree
4. Of Creation
5. Of Providence
6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and the Punishment thereof
7. Of God’s Covenant with Man
8. Of Christ the Mediator
9. Of Free Will
10. Of Effectual Calling
11. Of Justification

12. Of Adoption
13. Of Sanctification
14. Of Saving Faith
15. Of Repentance unto Life
16. Of Good Works
17. Of the Perseverance Of the Saints
18. Of Assurance Of Grace and Salvation
19. Of the Law Of God
20. Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty Of Conscience
21. Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
22. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows

23. Of the Civil Magistrate
24. Of Marriage and Divorce
25. Of the Church
26. Of the Communion Of Saints
27. Of the Sacraments
28. Of Baptism
29. Of the Lord’s Supper
30. Of Church Censures
31. Of Synods and Councils
32. Of the State Of Men after Death, and Of the Resurrection Of the Dead
33. Of the Last Judgment

Introduction

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the “subordinate standard” of doctrine in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.

In 1643, the English Parliament called upon “learned, godly and judicious Divines”, to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship, doctrine, government and discipline of the Church of England. Their meetings, over a period of five years, produced the confession of faith, as well as a Larger Catechism and a Shorter Catechism. For more than three centuries, reformed churches around the world have adopted the confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine, subordinate to the Bible.