Below are details of changes made either to this website or to the WSC Resources. No changes have been made to the official Westminster Shorter Catechism.
Changes below have been made to:
- This website (matt2819.com/wsc)
- The following resources
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- WSC in PDF format (both A4 and Letter sizes)
- WSC flashcards in printable PDF format (both A4 and Letter sizes)
- WSC topic file for e-Sword Bible software
- WSC module file for theWord Bible software
- WSC Audio download bundle by Sinclair Ferguson
- WSC in PDF format (both A4 and Letter sizes)
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CURRENT VERSION
October 9th, 2025 – WSC Version: 4.5.4
Updates to:
- Removed all subscription requirements for accessing WSC Resources
- Due to changes by the subscription provider, limiting the number of subscribers on the free plan, I’ve decided that it’s not cost or time effective to use the subscription model moving forward. Upside: less hassle for anyone wanting access to the WSC Resources. Downside: I’ve no way to keep everyone updated of changes or updates to these resources.
- Updated the footer section.
- Errors are now to be reported via the Contact WSC page and not by email (I was getting too much spam)
- Removed any reference to registering for updates
- Removed the “Printable”, “Audio”, and “Apps” section on the home page under “Resources”, replacing it with a link to the resources page
- Update the header and footer menus to reflect the above changes
Previous Versions
August 10th, 2025 – WSC Version: 4.5.3
Updates to:
- Correction to the year of Jonathan Edwards’ death in the Comment on Q. 60. – from, “1875” to, “1758“
February 26th, 2023 – WSC Version: 4.5.2
Updates to:
- Spelling correction to Comment on Q. 7. – from, “is not a matter or mere chance or luck” to, “is not a matter of mere chance or luck”
October 21st, 2022 – WSC Version: 4.5.1
Updates to:
- Added reference “[b]” to Q. 7.
Updates to:
- Correction in the Credits section at the bottom of each module. Rewrote the paragraph starting “Words between the forward slashes…”
October 18th, 2022 – WSC Version: 4.5
New additions:
- Quizzes added to various sections of the WSC on the home page
- Quiz page with index added
- Anki Deck .apkg file added to the Resources section of the home page
Updates to:
- Links to the quiz index page added.
September 26th, 2022 – WSC Version: 4.4.2
Updates to:
- Menu item Contents/Navigation on home page changed to WSC Navigation.
- Easy-to-use navigation menu/panel replaces menu dropdown/popout menu in header navigation.
December 1st, 2020 – WSC Version: 4.4.1, Flashcards Version: 1.0
New addition:
- The WSC is now available on flashcards! They come as printable PDF pages in A4 and Letter sizes. Print them and cut them out.
Register here to access the resources. They’re all free!
Updates to:
- Small alignment fixes to the menu in theWord module.
- Additional information added to the Further Information section at the bottom of each module.
November 29th, 2020 – Version: 4.4
Updates to:
- The PDF version of the WSC is now available in both A4 and Letter page sizes. Register here to access the resources. They’re all free!
October 14th, 2020 – Version: 4.3
Updates to:
- The correction made in version 4.1 needed re-doing. Correction to Scripture reference in Comment on Q. 11. – from Acts 18:28 to Acts 17:28
- Spelling correction to Comment on Q. 19. – from, “with our parents for friends” to, “with our parents or friends”
January 4th, 2019 – Version: 4.2
Updates to:
- Correction to Comment on Q. 6. – from, “…we must believe to the Lord Jesus.” to, “…we must believe on the Lord Jesus.”
- Spelling correction to Comment on Q. 75. – from, “For some kings of theft” to, “For some kinds of theft”
October 21st, 2018 – Version: 4.1
Updates to:
- Correction to Scripture reference in Comment on Q. 11. – from Acts 18:28 to Acts 17:28
January 9th, 2017
Version: 4.0
Updates to:
Fourth major version of matt2819/wsc (website) released
- Major upgrade as follows
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- Complete site redesign
- matt2819.com no longer a blog – Focus solely on WSC
- Streamline and consolidation of WSC Resources
- Addition of WSC Audio download bundle by Sinclair Ferguson
- Addition of information pages – History, Importance, How to use WSC
- Addition of donation options
- Addition of other pages, eg. Change Log, About, etc.
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Plus:
- Correction to Scripture footnote reference in Q. 7. – was [b], changed to [a]
- Missing word ‘is’ added to the Answer of Q. 78. – “or is injurious”
November 21st, 2016
Version: 3.1.1
Updates to:
- Removed links to Facebook pages that no longer exist
June 18th, 2016
Version: 3.1
Updates to:
Upgrade: version 3.0 to 3.1
- Missing word ‘of’ added to the Answer of Q. 18. – “corruption of every part”
- Correction to footnote reference in Q. 19. – from, “to death[ea] itself” to, “to death[e] itself”
- Spelling/grammar correction to Q. 31.
- Spelling correction to Comment on Q. 31. – from, “our evil hears” to, “our evil hearts”
- Spelling correction to the Answer of Q. 56. – from, “through the breakers” to, “though the breakers”
October 15th, 2015
Version: 3.0
Updates to:
Third major version of matt2819/wsc (website) released (archive here)
This archive of v3.0 is hosted by the Internet Archive and therefore many of the links no longer function as they once did.
- Major upgrade as follows
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- Site transferred to WordPress framework
- Complete site redesign
- Site design now mobile friendly (fully responsive)
- Addition of blog posts to assist with Discipleship and Evangelism
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Oct 29th, 2009
Version: 2.0
Updates to:
Second major version of matt2819.com/wsc (website) released (no archive available)
First release of Topic file for e-Sword Bible software
First release of Module file for theWord Bible software
This archive of v2.0 is fully-functional but not mobile friendly.
Jan 16th, 2008
Version: 1.0
Updates to:
First version of matt2819.com/wsc (website) released (no archive available)
This archive of v1.0 is no longer fully-functional.