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1643-1653 · Assembly of English and Scottish divines called by Parliament to reform the Church of England
About Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly of Divines was a body of about 120 English clergy, with lay members from both Houses of Parliament and commissioners from the Church of Scotland, called by the Long Parliament in 1643 during the English Civil War to reform the Church of England. Meeting in Westminster Abbey until 1653, it produced a Directory for Public Worship, a form of church government, the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. The Shorter Catechism was intended for children and new believers. After the Restoration of 1660 the Church of England abandoned these documents, but Presbyterian churches in Scotland and beyond adopted them.
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The Westminster Shorter Catechism is a set of 107 questions and answers completed in 1647 by the Westminster Assembly, a body of English and Scottish divines summoned by Parliament during the English Civil War. It was meant to be a simple version of the Assembly's teaching for children and those 'of weaker capacity', alongside a much longer Larger Catechism for preachers.