The Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger Catechism

PREFACE

The Constitution of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church consists of the Book of Order (comprised of The Book of Government, The Book of Discipline, and The Book of Worship), the Westminster Confession of Faith (including the Larger and Shorter Catechisms), and the document Essentials of our Faith. All these documents are subordinate to the Scripture, which is "the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks."

You have in your possession the second volume of the Constitution of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. On the recommendation of the Christian Education & Publication Committee, the 28th General Assembly (2008) approved publishing the EPC Governing Documents in a more convenient and affordable format. What was once the loose leaf "Blue Book" will now be available as:

The Constitution: Volume 1 – The Book of Order (including Rules for Assembly, Acts of Assembly, and Forms for Discipline)
The Constitution: Volume 2 – The Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms (In Modern English)

The Service Forms, which were originally part of the "Blue Book", will be published separately in booklet form, easily used by those presiding at the Sacraments or the ordination and installation of officers. A separate publication of Documents of the General Assembly is planned as a reference for churches.

Having the Westminster standards as our doctrinal foundation since our beginning in 1981, the EPC adopted the modern English edition of the Confession in 1984. Subsequently the modern English Shorter Catechism came into popular use in the EPC, and the 24th General Assembly (2004) approved the modern English Larger Catechism.

According the act of the 5th General Assembly (1985), "Essentials of Our Faith" is published herein along with the "Explanatory Statement" added by the 22nd General Assembly (2002).

Jeffrey Jeremiah, Stated Clerk

October 2010

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