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  1. Westminster Shorter Catechism · Catechism
    Short and memorizable: 107 questions and answers.
  2. Heidelberg Catechism · Catechism
    129 questions in three parts: misery, deliverance, thankfulness.
  3. Westminster Confession of Faith · Catechism
    The fullest Westminster statement, in 33 chapters.

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John Calvin1509–1564 John Knoxc. 1514–1572 Thomas Watsonc. 1620–1686 Ligon Duncanb. 1960 J. V. Fesko
Family & Children's Education4
OPC First Catechism and youth resourcesBook · OPC Committee on Christian Education First Catechism for children, So What? youth Bible studies, camps and the Shiloh Institute. Presbyterian Catechism resources Details pending Children's catechism resources Details pending New City CatechismBook · The Gospel Coalition 52 questions adapted from Reformation catechisms, with a kids edition for ages 4-11 and an app.
Church Officer Education1
Westminster StandardsElder Details pending
Catechisms14
Westminster Shorter CatechismCatechism The Westminster Shorter Catechism: 107 questions and answers, with Scripture proofs from the King James Version. Westminster Larger CatechismCatechism The Westminster Larger Catechism: 196 questions and answers, with Scripture proofs from the King James Version. Fisher’s CatechismExplanation of the Shorter Catechism James Fisher and Ebenezer Erskine’s exposition of the Westminster Shorter Catechism: about 3,800 questions and answers, arranged under each Shorter Catechism question, with Scripture cited in the answers. Westminster Confession of FaithConfession The Westminster Confession of Faith: 33 chapters, 172 numbered sections, each with its Scripture proofs from the King James Version. Heidelberg CatechismCatechism The Heidelberg Catechism: 129 questions and answers with King James Version Scripture proofs, grouped into the introduction and its three parts (misery, deliverance, thankfulness). Belgic ConfessionConfession The Belgic Confession (Guido de Brès, 1561, revised at the Synod of Dort, 1618–1619): 37 articles. Canons of DortConfession The Canons of Dort (Synod of Dordrecht, 1618–1619): the four heads of doctrine, 59 articles, with the conclusion. Second Helvetic ConfessionConfession The Second Helvetic Confession (Heinrich Bullinger, 1566): 30 chapters and the conclusion. Second London Baptist Confession of FaithConfession The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1677, adopted 1689): 32 chapters, with King James Version Scripture proofs for each section. Baptist Catechism of 1693Catechism The Baptist Catechism (commonly called Keach’s Catechism), in the text of the 1695 fifth edition: 114 questions and answers with King James Version Scripture proofs. Apostles' CreedCreed The Apostles' Creed in its received form. Nicene CreedCreed The Nicene Creed in the form used by Western and Reformed churches (the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed). Athanasian CreedCreed The Athanasian Creed (Quicunque vult), in the 1548 English version. Definition of ChalcedonCreed The Chalcedonian definition of the two natures of Christ, from the Council of Chalcedon in 451.