Reformed Confessions
1647The Westminster Standards · 1647

The Shorter Catechism

The Shorter Catechism was prepared “for such as are of weaker capacity,” and has taught children and new believers ever since. It opens with its most famous question: What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.

Begin with Question 1 The contents
107questions and answers
7subjects
The contents

By Subject

  1. Our Chief End and the Scriptures
  2. God, His Decrees and His Works
  3. The Fall and Sin
  4. The Redeemer and Redemption
  5. The Moral Law and the First Table
  6. The Second Table, and Sin’s Desert
  7. The Means of Grace

Try a number, like 32 for Lord’s Day 32 or Q 1, or a word from a question.