Westcott and Hort Shorter Catechism (preview)

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify him, and to enjoy him forever.

Q. 2. What rule hath he who is has given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy who is who him?
A. The Word of him, which is contained in the writings of the spiritual masters book, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy who is him.

Q. 3. [Not in the earliest manuscripts.]

Q. 4. What is he?
A. Who is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in him; being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.

Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is; but he only, the living and true Gods.

Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, he, and his Holy Ghost; and he who are one God, the same substance, equal through power and glory.

James White says: "I wholly endorse this newly discovered manuscript of the Westminster Shorter Catechism as magisterially reconstructed by Westcott and Hort. Christian brothers and sisters will be duly edified by finally being able to read and study the true catechism as the Westminster divines intended it to be."