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title: "Question 27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
description: "Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of"
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# Question 27: Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

Scripture proofs: Luke 2:7; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 12:2-3; Isa. 53:2-3; Luke 22:44; Matt. 27:46; Phil. 2: 8; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Acts 2:24-27, 31.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=162)

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