Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 10 Q & A 17 Q Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? A The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.*1 Q & A 18 Q Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? A The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man …

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Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 3 6. Q. Did God create man evil and perverse like this? A. No. On the contrary, God created man good and in his image, that is, in true righteousness and holiness, so that he might rightly know God his Creator, love him with his whole heart, and live with …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 49 Chapter 30 – Of Church Censures I. The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, has therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. II. To these officers the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed, by …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 10 Chapter 6 – Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof I. Our first parents, begin seduced by the subtlety and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, …

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