Question 1
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What is the chief end of man?
Man’s chief end is to glorify God,a and to enjoy him for ever.b
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Commentary
- An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
- John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
- Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
- Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
- Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
- Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
- Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
- Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on this question
- Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on this question
- Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on this question
Related texts
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 1, symbolics.dev/wsc/1
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