The Westminster Confession of Faith
A primary confessional map of Scripture, God, covenant, salvation, church, and last things in the Westminster tradition.
Before you read
- Why read it
- Inspect a confessional source behind Diatheke’s Reformed editorial posture.
- Question to carry
- How does a confession state doctrine while remaining subordinate to Scripture?
- Where to start
- Selected chapter · begin with chapter 1 on Scripture; use chapters 3 and 5 for providence.
This belongs near the front of the library because it gives the site's Reformed orientation an inspectable source rather than leaving it as a mood. Its chapters move from Scripture and the doctrine of God through covenant, Christ, salvation, church, sacraments, and last things.
Read it as a confession: a concise, ecclesial statement of doctrine intended to summarize and order biblical teaching. That gives it more weight here than a modern opinion essay, but it does not make it Scripture. The distinctions matter—especially when later readings use the same terms while operating from different traditions.