Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 139


I just wanted to focus on this portion of their answer:

“lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays;”

How many synagogues of Satan holding to the Westminster Standards would agree with question #139 that “lascivious stage plays” are forbidden by the seventh commandment? Very, very few of course. The vast majority of those who call themselves Reformed or Calvinist and profess adherence to the Westminster Standards have no problem with watching wickedness (e.g., violence, lasciviousness, etc.) on the movie or t.v. screen. They would relegate their wicked watching of violence and lasciviousness to the WCF section “Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience.”

Here are the Scriptures that the Westminster Larger Catechism cites that condemn most of those who profess adherence to the Westminster Standards:






