The 1646 Westminster Confession of Faith by The Westminster Assembly 1646

• Chapter I. Of the holy Scripture
• Chapter II. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
• Chapter III. Of God's Eternal Decree
• Chapter IV. Of Creation
• Chapter V. Of Providence
• Chapter VI. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
• Chapter VII. Of God's Covenant with Man
• Chapter VIII. Of Christ the Mediator
• Chapter IX. Of Free Will
• Chapter X. Of Effectual Calling
• Chapter XI. Of Justification
• Chapter XII. Of Adoption
• Chapter XIII. Of Sanctification
• Chapter XIV. Of Saving Faith
• Chapter XV. Of Repentance Unto Life
• Chapter XVI. Of Good Works
• Chapter XVII. Of The Perseverance of the Saints
• Chapter XVIII. Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
• Chapter XIX. Of the Law of God
• Chapter XX. Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
• Chapter XXI. Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
• Chapter XXII. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
• Chapter XXIII. Of the Civil Magistrate
• Chapter XXIV. Of Marriage and Divorce
• Chapter XXV. Of the Church
• Chapter XXVI. Of the Communion of the Saints
• Chapter XXVII. Of the Sacraments
• Chapter XXVIII. Of Baptism
• Chapter XXIX. Of the Lord's Supper
• Chapter XXX. Of Church Censures
• Chapter XXXI. Of Synods and Councils
• Chapter XXXII. Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
• Chapter XXXIII. Of the Last Judgment
• Signed

Chapter XXVI. Of the Communion of the Saints

CHAPTER XXVI.
Of the Communion of the Saints.
I. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head, by his Spirit and by faith, have fellowship with him in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory: and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other's gifts and graces, and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, as to conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.

II. Saints by profession, are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification; as also in relieving each other in outward things, according to their several abilities and necesities. Which communion, as God offereth opportunity, is to be extended unto all those who, in every place, call upno the name of the Lord Jesus.

III. This communion which the saints have with Christ, doth not make them in any wise partakers of the substance of the Godhead, or to be equal with Christ in any respect: either of which to affirm, is impious and blasphemous. Nor doth their communion one with another as saints, take away or infringe the title or property which each man hath in his goods and possessions.