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title: "Question 50: What is required in the second commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
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# Question 50: What is required in the second commandment? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word.

Scripture proofs: Deut. 32:46; Matt. 28:20; Acts 2:42.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=165)

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- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 19: Of the Law of God](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-19-law-of-god/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 39: What is the duty which God requireth of man?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-39-what-is-the-duty-which-god-requireth-of-man/)
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- [Question 49](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-49-which-is-the-second-commandment/)
- [Question 51](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-51-what-is-forbidden-in-the-second-commandment/)

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