Question 34
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What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God’s free gracea whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.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
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 34
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 37
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 74
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
Cite this
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 34, symbolics.dev/wsc/34
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