the westminster confession (1646)

i speedread the entire thing because, i tell HOM, at forty six i should be able to handle a primary source rather than the wikipedia summary.

i am glad i do so. the foundational document of the protestant faith should not be relegated to theological dissertations alone. a pity it is that time and mind are so limited! but a glory it is that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of [the holy scriptures]. (chapter 1, article vii). in other words, fortunately for us who do not plow through the thirty three chapters, the ultimate primary source is the one we are already using.