Question 33
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What is justification?
Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sinsa and accepteth us as righteous in his sightb only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to usc and received by faith alone.d
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
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 33
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 36
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 70
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 71
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
Cite this
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 33, symbolics.dev/wsc/33
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