The Christian Sabbath in the Scottish and Continental Traditions
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The Lord's Day in the Westminster Standards (WCF 21.7-8; Larger Catechism 115-121) set beside Heidelberg Lord's Day 38 and the Church Order of Dort article 67. Students state fairly both the Scottish whole-day Sabbath and the continental practice, including the holy days the Dutch churches kept.
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.
- Christian Sabbath (Genesis 2:1-3) Rev. Thomas J. Buchanan Open source Doctrinal Brora Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
- 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,...
- The 4th Commandment: Emblem of Eternal Rest (Lord's Day 38; Exodus 20:8-11) Rev. Jordan Huff Open source Doctrinal United Reformed Church of Sunnyside, Washington (URCNA) Continental teaching stresses rest and worship with less detail on recreations than the Westminster Standards; the Synod of Dort's post-acta on the Sabbath tried to bridge the Voetian and Cocceian views. Present both; the course keeps the Westminster line as the Scottish standard and reads LD 38 and Dort beside it;...