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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Westminster Assembly

As Scottish commissioner to the Westminster Assembly, he was in England from August 1643 till August 1646; his principal work was the drafting of the directory for public worship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

For nearly six years the celebrated Westminster Assembly of Divines sat in the Chapel of Henry VII. and the Jerusalem Chamber, compiling catechisms and confessions of faith, which are still of authority amongst the Presbyterians.

From Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

But chief among the churches and nations of Christendom stands Scotland, as well before as after her appearance, by her famous Commissioners, in the Westminster Assembly of Divines.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David

He sat in the Westminster Assembly 1643, and was the last of the Episcopal members to remain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Of the General Assembly, of course, for that is the Westminster Assembly of Divines in recurring resurrection, and it hath its unadjourning court in heaven, as the ambushed correspondent of the Hebrews doth inform us.

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.