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Catechism
Question | Answer |
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Q1: What is the chief end of man? | A1: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. |
Q2: What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him? | A2: The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him. |
Q3: What do the Scriptures principally teach? | A3: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man. |
Q4: What is God? | A4: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. |
Q6: How many persons are there in the Godhead? | Q6: How many persons are there in the Godhead? |
Q7: What are the decrees of God? | A7: The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass. |
Q8: How doth God execute his decrees? | A8: God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence. |
Q11: What are God's works of providence? | A11: God's works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions. |
Q14: What is sin? | A14: Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. |
Q16: Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression? | A16: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression. |