Reformed Liturgy: Calvin, Knox and the Westminster Directory
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The Reformed order of public worship from Calvin's Genevan service through Knox's Book of Common Order to the Westminster Directory for the Publick Worship of God (1645). It sets the Scottish practice of Directory-guided free prayer beside the fixed liturgical forms of the Dutch churches.
These lists, taken from the school's verified research, are studied on your own at your own pace. The school's own classes, written as full teaching, open one at a time.
How to begin
- Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
- Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
- Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
- Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.
Syllabus
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Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.
- Regulative Principle of Worship (Lecture 10) Ligon Duncan Open source Doctrinal Reformed Theological Seminary The lectures read or assume the 1788 OPC/PCA text; the 1647 text gives the magistrate power to call synods (31.2) and the original Belgic 36 charges the magistrate to remove idolatry. The new school holds the 1647 and original texts. Keep the lectures for chapters where the text is unchanged (21, 25 in substance,...
- Worship - Regulative Principle (12-sermon series, Feb-May 2024) Kevin Pulliam 12 sermons; durations not confirmed Open source Doctrinal Christ Reformed Church (RCUS), Minot, North Dakota
- Confession Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day Camden Bucey Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum (OPC) The lectures read or assume the 1788 OPC/PCA text; the 1647 text gives the magistrate power to call synods (31.2) and the original Belgic 36 charges the magistrate to remove idolatry. The new school holds the 1647 and original texts. Keep the lectures for chapters where the text is unchanged (21, 25 in substance,...
- The Westminster Standards (14-part audio series), lecture 12: Of the Law of God, Of Christian Liberty, Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day Sinclair B. Ferguson 14 MP3s; durations not shown Open source Doctrinal Free Church of Scotland (St Peter's, Dundee) / Reformed Theological Seminary The lectures read or assume the 1788 OPC/PCA text; the 1647 text gives the magistrate power to call synods (31.2) and the original Belgic 36 charges the magistrate to remove idolatry. The new school holds the 1647 and original texts. Keep the lectures for chapters where the text is unchanged (21, 25 in substance,...