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Westminster Assembly

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noun

  1. a convocation that met at Westminster, London, 1643–49, and formulated the articles of faith Westminster Confession of Faith that are accepted as authoritative by most Presbyterian churches.


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They might as well say the Council of Trent, or the Westminster Assembly, either of which had just as much to do with the Canon of Scripture.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson

The Commissioners from Scotland to the Westminster Assembly united with the people of England in the solemnity of the day.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr

If, now, we return to the consideration of the Orthodox doctrine of the fall, as set forth by the Westminster Assembly, we shall find it to be half true and half false.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

He was one of the Commissioners from the Church of Scotland, to the Westminster Assembly.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

On the other hand, the Westminster Assembly advised that marriages should not be solemnised on the Lord’s day.

From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various

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