<P> In 1643 , the English Parliament called upon `` learned , godly and judicious Divines '' , to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship , doctrine , government and discipline of the Church of England . Their meetings , over a period of five years , produced the confession of faith , as well as a Larger Catechism and a Shorter Catechism . For more than three hundred years , various churches around the world have adopted the confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine , subordinate to the Bible . </P>
<P> In 1643 , the English Parliament called upon `` learned , godly and judicious Divines '' , to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship , doctrine , government and discipline of the Church of England . Their meetings , over a period of five years , produced the confession of faith , as well as a Larger Catechism and a Shorter Catechism . For more than three hundred years , various churches around the world have adopted the confession and the catechisms as their standards of doctrine , subordinate to the Bible . </P>
what was happening in england when the westminster confession was being drafted
what was happening in england when the westminster confession was being drafted
English Parliament called upon `` learned , godly and judicious Divines '' , to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship , doctrine , government and discipline of the Church of England
English Parliament called upon `` learned , godly and judicious Divines '' , to meet at Westminster Abbey in order to provide advice on issues of worship , doctrine , government and discipline of the Church of England