One of the Westminster Standards, completed in 1647 and still subscribed across much of the Presbyterian tradition. Its eighth-commandment section requires "giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others," a proportional rather than percentage-based duty.
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Reliability Tier1
Tier 1: the primary confessional text itself, completed by the Westminster Assembly in 1647 and adopted by the Church of Scotland in 1648, read in full at its hosted address. Question 141, on the duties required by the eighth commandment, states plainly that believers must practice "giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others," naming no fixed rate. Citation
AuthorWestminster Assembly
Publication Year1647
URLhttps://www.apuritansmind.com/westminster-standards/larger-catechism/
Source Typeprimary-text
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Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyWestminster Assembly
Custodian BasisA catechism produced by an assembly convened for that purpose and adopted as a standard by the churches that received it. Authoritative for what those churches confess.
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