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The Larger & Shorter Catechisms
AuthorWestminster Assembly
First printed1647
ShelfConfessional standards
StatusIn rotation
Confessional standards

The Larger & Shorter Catechisms

Westminster Assembly1647

The family worship spine. Three kids, one question a night.

Memorised answers gave my children words for God before they had opinions about him. The Larger Catechism is where I go when I need the long form of something the Shorter says in a sentence.

"Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever."

Shorter Catechism, Q. 1

Where I have worked through it