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Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 156

Is the Word of God to be read by all?

Read, reflect, and return to the Scriptures.

Although all are not to be permitted to read the Word publicly to the congregation, yet all sorts of people are bound to read it apart by themselves, and with their families: to which end, the holy Scriptures are to be translated out of the original into vulgar languages.

Scripture proofs: Deut. 31:9, 11-13; Neh. 8:2-3; Neh. 9:3-5; Deut. 17:19; Rev. 1:3; John 5:39; Isa. 34:16; Deut. 6:6-9; Gen. 18:17, 19; Ps. 78:5-7; 1 Cor. 14:6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 24, 27-28.

Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, B-34.