The Westminster Larger Catechism

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This is an audio version of The Westminster Larger Catechism. Each episode is divided into sections of ten questions. The question is read followed by the answer. A practice version that leaves space for the listener to respond with the answer is also available.  You may also download all the episodes as a single zip file.

Larger Catechism: Questions 191-196

Q. 191. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come), acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under …

Larger Catechism: Questions 181-190

Q. 181. Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?
A. The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we …

Larger Catechism: Questions 171-180

Q. 171. How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it?
A. They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper …

Larger Catechism: Questions 161-170

Q. 161. How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
A. The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not by any power in themselves, or any virtue derived from the …

Larger Catechism: Questions 151-160

Q. 151. What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?
A. Sins receive their aggravations,
1. From the persons offending; if they be of riper age, greater experience …

Larger Catechism: Questions 141-150

Q. 141. What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?
A. The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and …

Larger Catechism: Questions 131-140

Q. 131. What are the duties of equals?
A. The duties of equals are, to regard the dignity and worth of each other, in giving honor to go one before another; …

Larger Catechism: Questions 121-130

Q. 121. Why is the word Remember set in the beginning of the fourth commandment?
A. The word Remember is set in the beginning of the fourth commandment, partly, because of …

Larger Catechism: Questions 111-120

Q. 111. Which is the third commandment?
A. The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold …

Larger Catechism: Questions 101-110

Q. 101. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments?
A. The preface to the Ten Commandments is contained in these words, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought …