Westminster Assembly – Page 2 – This Day in Presbyterian History

January 14: Work on the Shorter Catechism

A Bellweather of Our Church's Health? Dipping into an article by the Rev. Stuart Robinson [pictured at right], titled "Recently Discovered Memoranda of the Westminster Assembly" (The Southern Presbyterian Review,…

archivist 14 January, 2015

November 25: Parliament Orders Printing of Shorter Catechism (1647)

“The ripest fruit of the Assembly’s thought and experience.” It was on this day, November 25th, a Thursday in 1647, that the British House of Commons ordered the printing of the Shorter Catechism, composed…

davidtmyers 25 November, 2014

September 19: Rev. Thomas Gouge

He Went About Doing Good Thomas Gouge is not a household name to countless American Presbyterians today, but maybe he should be, considering his ministering of good to all. Born September…

davidtmyers 19 September, 2014

August 19: Scottish Commissioners to the Assembly

It was on this day, August 19, in 1643 that the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland nominated and elected five ministers and three ruling elders to serve as…

davidtmyers 19 August, 2014

March 25: A History of the Westminster Assembly (Short Form)

A Story in Short Compass Often it is helpful to have a brief overview, to get the lay of the land and so to gain some orientation of a matter…

archivist 25 March, 2014