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Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 17

How did God create man?

Read, reflect, and return to the Scriptures.

After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the man; endued them with living, reasonable, and immortal souls; made them after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness and holiness, having the law of God written in their hearts and power to fulfill it, with dominion over the creatures; yet subject to fall.

Scripture proofs: Gen. 1:27; Gen. 2:7; Gen. 2:22; Gen. 2:7; Job 35:11; Eccl. 12:7; Matt. 10:28; Luke 23:43; Gen. 1:27; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24; Rom. 2:14-15; Eccl. 7:29; Gen. 1: 28; Gen. 3:6; Eccl. 7:29.

Source: The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, updated 2026, B-3.