Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Larger catechism (Meeting Name)

Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). The Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster ... 1651.

Encyc. Brit., 1980 (under Westminster catechisms: Larger Westminster catechism and Shorter Westminster catechism used by English-speaking Presbyterians and some Congregationalists and Baptists; written by the Westminster Assembly and presented to English Parliament in 1647 and approved by Parliament in 1648; lost their official status in England in 1660 upon restoration of the monarchy and re-establishment of episcopacy. Authorized by General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in July 1648 and by the Scottish Parliament in Jan. 1649)