Westminster Shorter Catechism Quiz: Questions 1 to 10

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#1. What is the chief purpose for which man is made? (Q1)

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To seek himself or make himself great.

To enjoy the profits or pleasures of the world.

To glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

To be happy and glorify God forever.

#2. What rule has God given to direct us how to glorify and enjoy him? (Q2)

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We receive sufficient direction from our own wisdom or the light of nature.

We receive sufficient direction from God’s works of creation and providence only.

The word of God is the only rule.

We must daily expect new revelations from heaven.

The word of God is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments only.

The word of God is contained in something else.

#3. What do the Scriptures principally teach? (Q3)

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They teach us what man is to believe concerning God.

They teach us what duty God requires of man.

They teach us how we can earn merit with God.

#4. What is God? (Q4)

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God has a body or bodily parts.

God is a spirit without body or bodily parts.

God is infinite in being.

God is without any bounds of place, time, or perfection.

God is finite as all creatures are.

God is eternal in being, without either beginning or end.

God has a beginning as all creatures have.

God will have an end.

God is unchangeable.

God is subject to change as creatures are.

#5. What is God? (Q4) cont.

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God is infinite in wisdom.

God knows all things.

God does all things wisely.

There are some things that God does not know.

God lacks wisdom in some things.

God lacks wisdom at some times.

God is almighty, that is, infinite in power.

God is able to do all things.

There are some things that are too hard for God.

#6. What is God? (Q4) cont.

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God is infinite in holiness

There is some sin in Him.

He allows anyone to sin.

God is infinite in justice.

He is just in all things and at all times.

There is some injustice or unrighteousness in God.

God is infinite in goodness.

God is good in Himself [intrinsically good].

God is the source of all good in creatures.

#7. What is God? (Q4) cont.

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God is infinite in truth.

It is possible for God to lie.

It is possible for God to err or be deceived.

God is eternal and unchangeable in all these perfections.

And, it is impossible for Him to be otherwise.

God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being.

He is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His wisdom.

He is infinite in His power.

He is infinite in His holiness.

He is infinite in His justice, His goodness, and His truth.

#8. Are there more Gods than one? (Q5)

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There are more Gods than one.

Those gods that the heathen worshipped were real gods.

The living and true God is the only God.

#9. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6)

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There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

There are more than three persons in the Godhead.

There are fewer than three persons in the Godhead.

The Father is God.

The Son is God.

The Holy Spirit is God.

There are three Gods.

The three persons of the Godhead are one God.

#10. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6) cont.

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The three persons in the Godhead are the same in substance.

The three persons in the Godhead are different in substance.

The three persons in the Godhead are equal in power and glory.

One of the persons in the Godhead is more powerful than another.

One of the persons in the Godhead is more glorious than another.

#11. What are the decrees of God? (Q7)

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They are His eternal purpose, by which He has foreordained whatever events or things happen.

Things happen that God has not decreed.

Things happen differently than God has decreed.

The decrees of God are eternal.

God purposes or decrees things now besides what He has purposed from all eternity.

Changes in creatures motivate a change in God’s purposes.

Changes in creatures cause a change in God’s purposes.

God, from all eternity, by an unchangeable decree, has foreordained those changes in creatures.

#12. What are the decrees of God? (Q7) cont.

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God has foreordained all things for His own glory.

Things happen that do not serve to glorify God.

Things happen that were not intended by Him for that purpose.

God was moved to make decrees by things outside of Himself.

God was moved to make decrees only according to the counsel of His will.

#13. How does God carry out his decrees? (Q8)

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The work of creation is an execution of God’s decrees.

The works of providence are an execution of God’s decrees.

God causes some things to happen in His providence that was not previously decreed.

#14. What is the work of creation? (Q9)

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God made all things out of nothing in the space of six days.

There are things that God did not directly make, or else make out of other things that He had made.

God made all things by the word of His power without the use of instruments.

God created some things sinful, mistakenly, or wrongly.

God created all things very good.

#15. How did God create man? (Q10)

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God created man both male and female after His own image.

God created man in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness.

Man has dominion over the creatures.

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Questions based on John Wallis’ 1648 work A Brief and Easy Explanation of The Shorter Catechism.

Westminster Shorter Catechism Quiz: Questions 1 to 10

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#1. What is the chief purpose for which man is made? (Q1)

#2. What rule has God given to direct us how to glorify and enjoy him? (Q2)

#3. What do the Scriptures principally teach? (Q3)

#4. What is God? (Q4)

#5. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#6. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#7. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#8. Are there more Gods than one? (Q5)

#9. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6)

#10. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6) cont.

#11. What are the decrees of God? (Q7)

#12. What are the decrees of God? (Q7) cont.

#13. How does God carry out his decrees? (Q8)

#14. What is the work of creation? (Q9)

#15. How did God create man? (Q10)

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#1. What is the chief purpose for which man is made? (Q1)

#2. What rule has God given to direct us how to glorify and enjoy him? (Q2)

#3. What do the Scriptures principally teach? (Q3)

#4. What is God? (Q4)

#5. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#6. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#7. What is God? (Q4) cont.

#8. Are there more Gods than one? (Q5)

#9. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6)

#10. How many persons are there in the Godhead? (Q6) cont.

#11. What are the decrees of God? (Q7)

#12. What are the decrees of God? (Q7) cont.

#13. How does God carry out his decrees? (Q8)

#14. What is the work of creation? (Q9)

#15. How did God create man? (Q10)

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