This working bibliography contains works about the Westminster Larger Catechism. Note that this bibliography does not contain works by the Assembly or its members unless it is about the Catechism. Nor does it contain works about the later adherents of or disputes about subscription to the Catechism unless those disputes contain expositions of the Assembly’s history or texts.

If you are able to able to correct or supplement this bibliography please email your corrections to the managing editor of bibliographies, Mr Billy McMillan, at BillyM@fpcjackson.org  

Beattie, F. R. The Presbyterian Standards: An Exposition of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. Richmond, Va.: Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1896. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Bordwine, J. E. A guide to the Westminster confession of faith and larger catechism: with scripture proofs. Jefferson, MD: The Trinity Foundation, 1991. [WCF/WLC]

Dickson, D. The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms. Edinburgh: Printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, and are to be sold by James Glen and David Trench, 1671. [WCF/WLC/WSC]

Flavel, John. An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism…1688. [WSC/WLC]

Horton, J. M. How to teach the catechism to children. Jackson, MS: REF, Inc., 1979. [WSC/WLC]

Kelly, D. F. “Adoption: an Underdeveloped Heritage of the Westminster Standards.” The Reformed Theological Review 52 (1993): 110-120. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Knight, G. W. “Subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.” Presbyterion 10, no. 1-2 (Spring-Fall 1984): 20-55. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Lee, F. N. Are the Mosaic Laws for Today?: Calvinism and the Westminster Standards on the Relationship between God’s Moral Law of Nature for All Men and Ancient Israel’s Other Laws. Tallahassee, Fl.: Jesus Lives Series, 1978. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Lessnoff, M. “Catechisms, Capitalism and Max Weber [Pt One].” Scottish Journal of Religious Studies 12 (1991): 5-28. [WSC/WLC]

Lessnoff, M. “Catechisms, Capitalism and Max Weber [Pt Two].” Scottish Journal of Religious Studies 12 (1991): 75-87. [WSC/WLC]

Marshall, W. Religious instruction to the rising generation. A catechism for youth, containing the principles of practical religion: agreeable to the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures exhibited in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. To which is added, A catechetical explication of sundry terms belonging to religion, alphabetically digested: in which are specified the distinguishing tenets of the various denominations of
Christians and religious sects that now appear. Philadelphia, Printed for the author, and sold
by Robert Aitken, 1784. [WCF/WLC/WSC]

Mastertown, C. The doctrine of the holy trinity explain’d and asserted from the holy scriptures. : Being a vindication of what is contain’d in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, and other protestant confessions, upon that subject. Wherein the most important questions relating to that doctrine are clearly and succinctly treated…together with practical observations on each head….Edinburgh : Printed by Thomas Lumisden and John Robertson, and sold by John Traill…, 1729. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Mitchell, A. F. Catechisms of the Second Reformation. London: James Nisbet, 1886. [WSC/WLC]

Morris, E. D. Theology of the Westminster symbols: a commentary historical doctrinal practical on the Confession of faith and Catechisms and the related formularies of the Presbyterian Churches. Columbus, Oh.: Champlain Press, 1900. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Presbyterian Church in the U.S., General Assembly. The Westminster larger catechism ratified by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Augusta, Ga., 1861 ; with scripture proofs approved by the General Assembly. Richmond, Va. : Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1861. [WLC]

Pribble, S. Scripture index to the Westminster standards. Dallas: Presbyterian Heritage Publication, 1994. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Ridgeley, T. Commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism, 1731. [WLC]

Ridgeley, T. Commentary on the Larger Catechism, 1855. [WLC]

Smith, M. H. Harmony of the Westminster Confession and Catechisms. Southern Presbyterian Press, [n.d.]. [WCF/WSC/WLC]

Torrance, T. F. The School of Faith. London: James Clarke, 1959. [WSC/WLC]

Van Dixhoorn, C. B. “The Making of the Westminster Larger Catechism.” Reformed Revival Journal 10:2 (2001): 97-113. [WLC]

Vos, J. G. The Westminster larger catechism: a commentary, ed. G. I. Williamson. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2002. [WLC]

Whyte, A. An exposition on the Shorter catechism : includes the Westminster confession and the Longer catechism. Fearn : Christian Focus, 2004. [WSC/WCF/WLC]