The Westminster Confession of Faith

<p>The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly largely of the Church of England it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland 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 various churches around the world have adopted the confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine subordinate to the Bible.</p>