Assembly at Westminster

In the story of the church's continuing theological dialogue, the Westminster Confession stands as a towering accomplishment. Persons in the Reformed tradition, especially English-speaking Calvinists, have been shaped by the Westminster Confession as by no other Christian creed. Even in rebellion against it, men and women continue to be formed by it.John Leith focuses on the background and character of the assembly that wrote this document. After placing the Confession in its historical, politic