单词 | westminster confession |
释义 | > as lemmasWestminster Confession b. With reference to the assembly of theologians appointed by Parliament in 1643 to consider the doctrines and organization of the Church of England, or to the important confessional and liturgical documents issued by this body, esp. the Westminster Confession.The assembly, now known as the Westminster Assembly, held its first meeting in the Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey, and subsequently met in the Jerusalem Chamber of the Abbey. The Westminster Confession (1646) was adopted by the Church of Scotland and many other Protestant denominations as their basis of faith (with various modifications). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > Church of England > [adjective] convocational1641 Westminster1649 society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > kinds of creed > [noun] > other Augsburg1560 Irish Articles1646 Westminster Confession1649 Scotic Confession1837 Tetrapolitan Confession1847 1649 W. Prynne Arraignment Westminsterian-Juncto's Engagement 6 Whereof the Westminster Conclave in the 16. and 17. pages of their late Declaration..doe sufficiently acquit both Houses. 1658 T. Pierce ᾽Εαυτοντιμωρούμενος: Self-revenger ii. 45 Of the Westminster Divines I said no worse, then that I had not seen their Confessions of Faith. 1660 T. Pierce New Discoverer Discover'd App. 194 Compare with both..Mr. Baxter's Confession of Faith, and that of the Westminster Assembly. 1693 Acct. Establishm. Presbyterian Govt. Scotl. 43 Such a vast number of Propositions as are contained in the Westminster Confession. 1720 Pref. to Addit. Westm. Confession 182 Other catechisms, which..are for no other valuable quality any ways comparable to the Westminster Catechisms. 1843 W. M. Hetherington (title) History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. 1848 G. Struthers Hist. Relief Ch. 293 These considerations..induced them simply to proclaim their adherence to the Westminster standards. 1859 Biblical Repertory Oct. 727 The practical question of subscription to the Westminster Confession was decided by a large majority against the latitudinarians. 1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 126/1 [He] took to the vine-leaves simply because the Westminster Catechism, to his generation, had become suddenly intolerable. 1967 D. T. Kauffman Dict. Relig. Terms 253/2 The Calvinistic statement of faith..which became part of the basis of the Westminster Confession. 1992 N. Maclean Young Men & Fire ii. xi. 215 In retrospect I think the experience of listening to me recite the Westminster Catechism influenced his own literary style. < as lemmas |
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