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Acts 2:42
The 2026 edition cites 1 passage containing Acts 2:42, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Acts 2:42
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Cited by 14 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 3
- CF 21.5
The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear; the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the Word, in obedience unto God, with understanding, faith…
- CF 21.6
Neither prayer, nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the Gospel either tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is…
- CF 26.2
Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God; and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to…
Testimony of the RPCNA 4
- T 1.19
All men have the right to read the Bible, to inquire into its meaning, and to adopt the doctrines it teaches. In studying the Bible men must depend upon the…
- T 21.4
Public prayer is to accompany the reading and preaching of the Word.
- T 27.1
The sacraments are signs of our covenant union with Christ and His Church, and our common profession that we are owned by Him. They are to be observed under…
- T 27.2
The administration of the sacraments is to be accompanied by the reading and preaching of the Word.
Larger Catechism 5
- LC 63
The visible Church hath the privilege of being under God’s special care and government; of being protected and preserved in all ages, notwithstanding the…
- LC 108
The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath…
- LC 154
The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to his church the benefits of his mediation, are all his ordinances; especially the Word…
- LC 174
It is required of them that receive the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, that, during the time of the administration of it, with all holy reverence and…
- LC 175
The duty of Christians, after they have received the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, is seriously to consider how they have behaved themselves therein, and…
Shorter Catechism 2
- SC 50
The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his…
- SC 88
The outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, Sacraments, and prayer; all which are…