History and Survey of the Westminster Confession of Faith – Part 1 – Context, and Rationale

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 Class 1: Bible Use and Practice of Creeds and Confessions

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 Class 2: Early Historical Practice in the Church, part 1

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 Class 3: Appendix:

       “He descended into hell” from the Apostles Creed, part 1

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 Class 4: Appendix (continued)

       “He descended into hell” from the Apostles Creed, part 2

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 Class 5: Early Historical Practice in the Church, part 2

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 Class 6: “What about ‘No Creed but Christ’, No book but the Bible’?”

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 Class 7: Historical Context of the WCF: Doctrinal Developments from the 4th-15th c

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 Class 8: Historical Context of the WCF: The Early History of England and Scotland

PowerPoint        Class Handout     The National Covenant

 Class 9: Historical Context of the WCF: The Reformation in England, Part 1

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 Class 10: Historical Context of the WCF: The Reformation in England, Part 2

PowerPoint         Class Handout   The Thirty Nine Articles

 Class 11: Historical Context of the WCF:

     The Inclusion and Inflence of the Scottish Divines

 PowerPoint         Class Handout The Solemn League and Covenant

 Class 12: Historical Context of the WCF:

      The Procedures and Characters of the Divines

PowerPoint          Class Handout   Timeline