Resources
The texts on this site are modernized public-domain transcriptions for reading and search. The links below point to original or early printed editions and reliable archival copies of the Westminster Assembly’s work (1645–1648), where you can consult the historical form of each document.
Original and early printed documents
- Confession of Faith — Internet Archive (Humble Advice) The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines … concerning a confession of faith, with annexed Scripture proofs. Early printing of the Confession.
- Confession of Faith — Internet Archive (1658 edition) Later seventeenth-century printing of the Assembly’s confession with Scripture proofs annexed.
- Confession with Larger & Shorter Catechisms (1675) The Confession of faith: together with the Larger and Lesser catechismes — early bound Standards volume.
- Confession, Catechisms, Directory & Form of Church Government Church of Scotland / Free Church–style compilation: Confession, Larger and Shorter Catechisms with proofs, Directory for public worship, and Form of church government.
- Confession & Catechisms with proofs (Free Church edition scan) Includes Confession, Larger and Shorter Catechisms, Sum of Saving Knowledge, covenants, Directory, and Form of Presbyterial church-government.
- Directory for Public Worship (1645) — Internet Archive A directory for the publique worship of God throughout the three kingdomes. Scan of the original-era printing.
- Directory for Public Worship (1645) — TrueCovenanter transcription Full HTML transcription of the Directory with section anchors (public-domain historical text).
Related Assembly acts and covenants
- Solemn League and Covenant (1643) — Internet Archive Contemporary pamphlet printing of the covenant that framed the English and Scottish alliance under which the Assembly worked.
- National Covenant and Solemn League & Covenant Scottish printing of the National Covenant with the Solemn League and Covenant (acknowledgement of sins and engagement to duties).
- Westminster Assembly — historical overview Background on the Assembly’s membership, sessions (1643–1653), and documents.
Modern readable editions (public domain or free)
- Christian Classics Ethereal Library — Westminster Standards Free online edition of the Confession and related Standards.
- Creeds.json — structured public-domain data Machine-readable Confession and Catechisms (source for this site’s text data).
- OPC — Confessional Standards Contemporary Presbyterian church edition of the Standards (for comparison; American revisions may differ).
- PCA — Westminster Confession PCA Administrative Committee resources on the Confession and Catechisms.