What is the best hardbound copy of the Westminster Standards?

Thanks,

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Brian Eschen
Ruling Elder, PCA
Pleasanton, California

Original Texts? Or some American version? Modern? Or old? Antiquarian?

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Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Dallas, Texas.
• Naphtali Press: Presbyterian & Reformed Books
• Westminster Letter Press
• The Confessional Presbyterian Journal
• The Blue Banner Archive

The Regulative Principle: The Scriptures are the “only infallible rule of faith and practice, no rite or ceremony ought to have a place in the public worship of God, which is not warranted in Scripture, either by direct precept or example, or by good and sufficient inference” (Samuel Miller).

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Not sure if this is what you are looking for but it is a handy, usable format:

PCA blue notebook that has loose leaf pages- Westminster Standards (Confessions, Larger and Shorter Catechism) with Scripture proofs at the bottom of each page plus it has an excellent concise Reformation historical summary.


http://www.cepbookstore.com/p-561-co...ound-3-ho.aspx

The Blue notebook binder (also designed to contain the PCA Book of Church Order, both the Westminster Standards and BCO are the constitution of the PCA):
http://www.cepbookstore.com/p-76-boo...er-binder.aspx

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Scott
PCA
North Carolina


"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)"
Hebrews 10:23

These links seem to be messed up. Anyone else have trouble?

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Kim G
Non-denom church (holds to the WCF)
Zion Community Church, Greenville, SC

Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
Psalm 86:11

I really prefer the original, but all I have found is a facsimile copy that is at points difficult to read. I also found the OPC publication which looks like a quality publication but I'm assuming it is not the original. I don't mind the OPC version if it is the best quality in terms of printing/binding but was just curious if there is something I have missed.

Looks like they moved the pages, I have updated post#3 with new links.
Thanks.

Assuming you don't mind a modern American version, the OPC's copy of the Confession of Faith and Catechisms is a wonderful size and really enjoyable to use:

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church

Edit: Brian, sorry I missed your post explaining that you already knew about the OPC version! I am leaving the link up for others who might be interested.

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Evie B.
New Members Class, RPCNA, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. -- Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

The OPC is a nice sturdy edition if you can live with the PCUSA and OPC changes. One of the nicer reprints of a standard mid 19th century edition is the 1959 Free Presbyterian edition. It is compact (a wee bit smaller than the OPC edition) and on clay coated paper. You can pick them up occasionally at places like abebooks.com. They did a similar version in 1973 which is okay but not as good paper and the scripture references can be hard to read on the whiter paper, also some drop out problems I think; so the 1959 is best. Of course there is their ubiquitious green hardback edition in the larger format but I suppose that is the facsimile you are talking about? You could try getting an original Johnstone and Hunter edition of which the FPP is a reprint. The library edition is large format. But they are very hard to come by. If the binding is good, it makes a nice edition to work with (same as the reprint but the original printing so cleaner). Hope that helps.

Thanks for the input.

So when is Naphtali Press coming out with a quality original hardbound edition?

Well, that's one of many things in the cue. A couple more years, Lord willing. This journal has been the tail wagging the dog and I need to get some other book projects completed first before I can really turn attention back on it.

The compact size of our confession is great. I can Carry it in my coat pocket along with my small thinline ESV Bible.

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Josiah Lovett
Member of
Trinity OPC
Bothell WA
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Westminster Standards

i simply bought a cheap hardbound edition of the Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible and cut out the Confessions in the back, then taped them into the back of my bible. Just use a very sharp knife and cut all the way through the binding so the portions extracted come out "mini-bound" instead of a bunch of loose leaf pages.

Did the same for the Cyclopedic Index of the Expanded Open Bible, and MacArthur's topical index from one of his Study Bibles. Now I have the "perfect" collection all in one volume easy enough to carry around.

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Patrick
Member, PCA
Chandler, AZ
ReformedTheologyInstitute.com

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

The Free Presbyterian Publications edition is the best I've seen. It includes full Scripture proofs (not just verse citations) running underneath the text of the Confession a la a study Bible, the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and a whole bunch of important related historical documents written by the Westminster divines.

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Nathan Tyler
Reformed Baptist
University of Toronto (Student: Hons. B.A. in Philosophy)
Ontario, Canada

1689'er

http://nathantyler.wordpress.com

Do you mean like the "Epistle to the Reader", "Sum of Saving Knowledge", "Directory of Public Worship" and "Directory of Family Worship"?

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Tim Lindsay
member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, Halifax, NS, Canada
Living in Cape Town, South Africa
"under the Southern Cross, at the foot of Table Mountain, not far from the Cape of Good Hope"

That's the one.

So where do I find this?

or just use the online versions which have bible verse and foot note links on some

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DonP