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title: "Question 60: How is the Sabbath to be sanctified? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
description: "Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 60: How is the Sabbath to be sanctified? The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are law"
canonical: "https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-60-how-is-the-sabbath-to-be-sanctified/"
source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=166"
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# Question 60: How is the Sabbath to be sanctified? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

Scripture proofs: Ex. 20:8, 10; Ex. 16:25-28; Neh. 13:15-19, 21-22; Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; Ps. 92 title; Isa. 66:23; Matt. 12:1-13.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=166)

## Related reading

- [Keeping the Lord’s Day](https://ctkrp.org/learn/topics/lords-day/)
- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-21-religious-worship-and-the-sabbath-day/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 1: What is the chief end of man?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-1-what-is-the-chief-end-of-man/)
- [Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 1: What is the chief and highest end of man?](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-1-what-is-the-chief-and-highest-end-of-man/)
- [Find teaching on worship](https://ctkrp.org/sermons/?q=worship)
- [Question 59](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-59-which-day-of-the-seven-hath-god-appointed-to/)
- [Question 61](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-61-what-is-forbidden-in-the-fourth-commandment/)

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