Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 5

Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.^a

Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.^a

a. Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10
Deuteronomy 6:4
^6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
^6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Jeremiah 10:10
^10:10 But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
^10:10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
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Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8

No change, but in spelling and punctuation.

No change, but in spelling and punctuation.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8

Are there more gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 5

Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8

Are there more gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8

Are there more gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 5

Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8

Are there more gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

Related (1)

Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 8

Are there more Gods than one?

There is but one only, the living and true God.

Commentaries (10)

Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (2 parts)
Deut. 6. 4. Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 1 Joh. 5. 7. There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are…
Hugh Binning’s text
Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Are there more Gods than one? There is but one only, the living and true God.
Joseph Alleine’s text
Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions
Are there more Gods than one? There is but one only, the living and true God.
Thomas Lye’s text
Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism
Are there more Gods than one? There is but one only, the Living and True God.
Thomas Vincent’s text
1675, An Explicatory Catechism
Are there more Gods than one? There is but one only, the living and true God.
Its text
John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism
Are there more Gods than one? There is but one only, the living and true God.
John Flavel’s text
Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity
Quest. V. The fifth Question is, Are there more Gods then one? Answ. There is but one, only the living and true God. That there is a God hath been proved, and those that will not…
Thomas Watson’s text
Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism
Are there more Gods than one? There is but One only, the Living and True God.
Matthew Henry’s text
Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism
Having given us our Lord’s definition or description of what God is, and having supplemented that definition by gathering round it a cluster of His scriptural attributes, the…
Alexander Whyte’s text
Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism
On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 8, which adapts this question
Is God the living God? Yes. He is the living God, Is God the true God? Yes. This is the true God, Is that God whom we serve, this only living and true God? Yes. The Lord is the…
Benjamin Beddome’s text