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title: "Question 108: What are the duties required in the second commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
description: "Westminster Larger Catechism, question 108: What are the duties required in the second commandment? The duties required in the second commandment are, the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious "
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source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=135"
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# Question 108: What are the duties required in the second commandment? | Westminster Larger Catechism

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 instituted in his Word; particularly prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Christ; the reading, preaching, and hearing of the Word; the administration and receiving of the sacraments; church government and discipline; the ministry and maintenance thereof; religious fasting; swearing by the name of God, and vowing unto him: as also the disapproving, detesting, opposing, all false worship; and, according to each one’s place and calling, removing it, and all monuments of idolatry.

Scripture proofs: Deut. 32:46-47; Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42; 1 Tim. 6:13-14; Phil. 4:6; Eph. 5:20; Deut. 17:18-19; Acts 15:21; 2 Tim. 4:2; Jas. 1:21-22: Acts 10:33; Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 11:23-30; Matt. 18:15-17; Matt. 16:19; 1 Cor. 5:1-13; 1 Cor. 12:28; Eph. 4: 11-12; 1 Tim. 5:17-18; 1 Cor. 9:7-15; Joel 2:12-13; 1 Cor. 7:5; Deut. 6:13; Isa. 19: 21; Ps. 76:11; Acts 17:16-17; Ps. 16:4; Deut. 7:5; Isa. 30:22.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=135)

## Related reading

- [Question 107](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-107-which-is-the-second-commandment/)
- [Question 109](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-109-what-sins-are-forbidden-in-the-second-commandment/)

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