Westminster Catechism
Westminster Catechism
The Larger and the Shorter Catechisms prepared, 1647 , by the Westminster Assembly, a synod of Calvinistic divines, London, 1645 -1652 , which vainly tried to unite the churches of Great Britain on a Calvinistic basis. Both were approved by Parliament and by the Scottish Kirk, 1648 . The Shorter, for public use, is extensively used by Protestants. The Larger, for ministers, is little used. Both contain an exposition of the Ten Commandments and of the Lord’s Prayer. The Apostles’ Creed is appended, also a statement of Calvinistic doctrine.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Westminster Catechism
These are two in number; the Larger Catechism being designed for use in public worship, the Shorter for the instruction of the young. They are probably, next to the Heidelberg Catechism, the most widely circulated of Reformed catechisms, and differ from it in being more decidedly Calvinistic, and more logical in arrangement and’ intelligible in statement. The substance of the questions is steadily repeated in the answers and the use of the third person is maintained throughout. The Shorter Catechism is simply an abridgment of the Larger.