[0] "Of the Biblical Presbyterian Church" woodenly translated into Modern Greek (as the BPC doesn't seem to have an official name in Greek, but the PCUSA and OPC do). Or would it be better neologize in Koine/Attic style?
[1] Which is most appropriate: "Eἰσαγωγή" (introduction, elementary teaching) or "Πρόλογος" (introduction, prologue) or "Προοίμιον" (introduction, preface/preamble/opening/prelude)?
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
1. Διδάσκαλος. Τί ἐστι τὸ κυριώτατον τέλος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;
Μαθητής. Τὸ κυριώτατον τέλος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐστὶ, τὸ δοξάζειν τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ μετ᾽αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχειν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.
Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
A. The word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
2. Δ. Ποῖον δέ τινα κανόνα προὔθηκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεὸς οἷον κατευθύνειν ἡμᾶς ὃν τρόπον δοξάζωμεν αὐτὸν, καὶ μετ᾽αύτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχωμεν;
Μ. Ὁ Λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ταῖς τῆς Παλαιᾶς τε, καὶ τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης Γραφαῖς ἐμπεριεχόμενος μόνος ἐστὶ κανὼν, οἷος κατευθύνειν ἡμᾶς, ὃν τρόπον δοξάζωμεν αὐτὸν, καὶ μετ᾽αὐτοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχωμεν.
Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?
A. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
3. Δ. Τί δ᾽αἱ Γραφαὶ μάλιστα διδάσκουσι;
Μ. Αἱ Γραφαὶ μάλιστα διδάσκουσί, τι δεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον πιστεύειν περὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὸ ποῖον καθῆκον ὁ Θεὸς παρὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀπαιτεῖ.
Q. 4. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
4. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστιν ὁ Θεός;
Μ. Ὁ Θεός ἐστι πνεῦμα, ἄπειρον, ἀΐδιον, ἀπαράλλακτον τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ σοφίαν καὶ δύναμιν, καὶ ἁγιωσύνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην, καὶ ἀγαθωσύνην, καὶ ἀλήθειαν.
Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only, the living and true God.
5. Δ. Μῶν πλείους τοῦ ἑνός εἰσι θεοί;
Μ. Εἷς, καὶ μονώτατός ἐστιν ὁ ζῶν καὶ ἀληθινὸς Θεός.
Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
6. Δ. Πόσαι ὑποστάσεις εἰσὶν ἐν τῆ Θεότητι;
Μ. Τρεῖς εἰσιν ὑποστάσεις ἐν τῇ Θεότητι, ὁ Πατὴρ, δηλαδὴ, καὶ ὁ Ὑιὸς, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα· καὶ αὗται αἱ τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις, ὁμοούσιοι, καὶ ἰσοδύναμοι, καὶ ἰσότιμοι, εἷς Θεὸς ὑπάρχουσι.
Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?
A. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
7. Δ. Τί δ᾽εἰσιν αἱ ὡρισμέναι βουλαὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ;
Μ. Αἱ ὡρισμέναι βουλαὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐδὲν ἄλλο εἰσὶν, ἢ ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ πρόθεσις, κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ, καθ᾽ἣν, εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ δόξαν, προώρισε πανοτιοῦν συμβαίνει.
Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
8. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Θεὸς τὰς αὐτοῦ ὡρισμένας Βουλὰς ἐπιτελεῖ;
Μ. Ὁ Θεὸς ἐπιτελεῖ τὰς αὐτοῦ ὡρισμένας Βουλὰς ἐν τοῖς τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ τῆς προνοίας ἔργοις.
Q. 9. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
9. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστι τὸ τῆς κτίσεως ἔργον;
Μ. Τὸ τῆς κτίσεως ἔργον ἐστὶν ἡ κοσμοποιΐα ἐξ οὐδενὸς, παρὰ Θεοῦ, διὰ τοῦ Λόγου τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἓξ ἡμέραις, καὶ τὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ἦν καλὰ λίαν.
Q. 10. How did God create man?
A. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
10. Δ. Ποτατὸν ὁ Θεὸς ἔκτισε τὸν ἄνθρωπον;
Μ. Ὁ Θεὸς ἔκτισε τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἄρσεν, καὶ θῆλυ, κατ᾽εἰκόνα ἑαυτοῦ, ἐν τῆ γνώσει, καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἁγιωσύνῃ, καὶ ἵνα τῶν κτισμάτων κατακυριεύσῃ.
Q. 11. What are God’s works of providence?
A. God’s works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.
11. Δ. Τίνα δ᾽ἐστὶ τὰ τῆς προνοίας τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔργα;
Μ. Τὰ ἔργα τῆς προνοίας τοῦ Θεοῦ καθορᾶται ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἁγιωτάτως, καὶ σοφωτάτως, καὶ ἰσχυρωτάτως διασώζειν τὰ ξύμπαντα αὐτοῦ κτίσματα, καὶ ἐν τῷ δεσπόζειν αὐτῶν, καὶ πασῶν πράξεων καὶ ὁρμῶν τῶν αὐτῶν.
Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created?
A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.
12. Δ. Τί ἐξαίρετον τῆς προνοίας ἔργον καὶ ἐπίδειγμα ὁ Θεὸς τῷ ἄνθρώπῳ παρείχετο, ἐν ᾗ καταστάσει ἐκτίσθη;
Μ. Ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον δημιουργήσας, τὴν διαθήκην τῆς Ζωῆς αὐτῷ διέθετο, εἰσπραττόμενος αὐτὸν τὴν ὑπακοὴν, τὴν ἀκριβῶς τελείαν· ἅμα μὲν κωλύων αὐτὸν φάγεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ γινώσκειν καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν· ἅμα δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ ὠφηνιάσαντι, τὴν τοῦ θανάτου ζημίαν ἀπειλήσας.
Q. 13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
13. Δ. Μῶν οἱ γονεῖς ἡμῶν πρωτόπλαστοι διέμειναν ἐν ᾗ καταστάσει ἐκτίσθησαν;
Μ. Οἱ γονεῖς ἡμῶν πρωτόπλαστοι τῷ αὐτῶν αὐτεξουσίῳ ἐπιτραπέντες τῷ Θεῷ προσκρούσαντες ἀπὸ τῆς καταστάσεως ἐν ᾗ ἐκτίσθησαν, κατέπεσον.
Q. 14. What is sin?
A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
14. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστιν ἁμαρτία;
Μ. Ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ὁποιατισοῦν ἀναρμοστία πρὸς τὸν Θεῖον νόμον, ἢ τοῦ αὐτοῦ παράβασις.
Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.
15. Δ. Ποία δέ τις ἦν ἁμαρτία ἐκείνη δι᾽ἣν οἱ γονεῖς ἡμῶν πρωτόπλαστοι τῆς καταστάσεως απέπεσον, ἐν ἧ ἐκτίσθησαν;
Μ. Ἁμαρτία δι᾽ἣν οἱ πρόγονοι ἡμῶν τῆς καταστάσεως ἀπέπεσον ἐν ᾗ ἐκτίσθησαν. ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ αὐτοὺς φάγεσθαι τὸν καρπὸν, τὸν ἀπειρημένον.
Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
16. Δ. Ἆρ᾽ οὖν ἅπαν τὸ γένος ἀνθρώπινον ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ παραβάσει τοῦ Ἀδὰμ συνέπεσε;
Μ. Τῆς διαθήκης πρὸς τὸν Ἀδαμ συντεθείσης, οὐ μόνον ἀνθ᾽ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἀπογόνων· πάντες ἄνθρωποι ἀπ᾽αὐτοῦ, κατὰ τὸ τῆς φύσεως εἰωθὸς, σπαρέντες, ἥμαρτον ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ, ἐν πρώτῃ τῇ ἐκείνου παραβάσει κατέπεσον.
Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
17. Δ. Εἰς ποτατὴν κατάστασιν τὸ παράπτωμα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἅπαν τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος κατήνεγκε;
Μ. Τὸ παράπτωμα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ, ἅπαν τὸ ἀνθρωπινον γένος εἰς τὴν κατάστασιν τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ ταλαιπωρίας κατήνεγκε.
Q. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
18. Δ. Ἐν τίνι κεῖται τὸ ἁμαρτωλὸν τῆς ἐκείνης καταστάσεως εἰς ἣν τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος κατωλίσθησε;
Μ. Τὸ ἁμαρτωλὸν τῆς ἐκείνης καταστάσεως, εἰς ἣν τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος κατωλίσθησε κεῖται ἐν τῇ ἐνοχῆ τῆς πρώτης ἁμαρτίας τοῦ Ἀδάμ· καὶ ἐν τῇ τῆς ἐμφύτου δικαιοσύνης ἐνδείᾳ, καὶ ἐν τῇ τῆς ὁλοσχεροῦς φύσεως διαφθορᾷ, ἥτις κοινῶς ἔμφυτος, ἢ προπατορικὴ ἁμαρτία χρηματίζει· συνάμα πάσαις ταῖς πρακταῖς ἀνομίαις ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐκπορευομέναις.
Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. All mankind, by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
19. Δ. Ὁποία τίς ἐστιν ἡ ταλαιπωρία τῆς ἐκείνης καταστάσεως ᾗ τὸ ανθρώπινον γένος περιέπεσε;
Μ. Ἅπαν τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος διὰ τοῦ παραπτώματος αὐτοῦ, τῆς πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν κοινωνίας ἀπεστερήθη· καὶ τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὀργῇ, καὶ κατάρᾳ ἔνοχον γεγένηται· κᾂντεῦθεν, ἁπάσαις τοῦ παρόντος βίου συμφοραῖς ὑποχείριον· καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ, τῳ θανάτῳ, καὶ τοῖς τοῦ ᾅδου βασάνοις αἰωνίοις ὑπόχρεων.
Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A. God, having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, o deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
20. Δ. Ἆρ᾿οὖν ὁ Θεὸς ἅπαν τὸ ἀνθρώπινον γένος ἐν τῇ τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ ἀθλιότητος καταστάσει παντελῶς ἀπολέσθαι εἴασε;
Μ. Ὁ Θεὸς κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, ἐνίους πρὸς τὴν αἰώνιον ζωὴν ἐκλεξάμενος, τὴν τὴς χάριτος διαθήκην αὐτοῖς διέθετο, τοῦ ῥύσασθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς καταστάσεως τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ ταλαιπωρίας· καὶ διὰ τοῦ λυτρωτοῦ ὑψῶσαι αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν τῆς σωτηρίας κατάστασιν.
Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be God and man, in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.
21. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ὁ λυτρωτὴς τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ;
Μ. ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς μόνος ἐστὶ λυτρωτὴς τῶν ἐκλεκτῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ· ὃς ἀΐδιος τοῦ Θεοῦ υἱὸς ὑπάρχων, ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο, καὶ οὕτως ἀληθῶς ἦν, καὶ Θεάνθρωπος ὢν διατελεῖ, ἐν δυσὶ διακεκριμέναις φύσεσι, καὶ ἐν μίᾳ [2] ὑποστάσει, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
[2] Should this be "μιᾷ" (dative singular femine)?
Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.
22. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Χριστὸς υἱὸς ὤν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο;
Μ. Ὁ Χριστὸς υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων, ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο, ἐπιλαμβανόμενος ἑαυτῷ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ σώματος, καὶ λογικῆς ψυχῆς· συλληφθεὶς διὰ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ τῆς Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου, καὶ ἐξ αὐτῆς τεχθεὶς, ἀλλ᾽ὅμως χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας.
Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer?
A. Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the office of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
23. Δ. Ὁποῖά τινα ἔργα ὁ Χριστὸς ὡς λυτρωτὴς ἡμῶν ἀναπληροῖ;
Μ. Ὁ Χριστὸς ὡς λυτρωτὴς ἡμῶν, ἀναπληροῖ τὸ ἔργον τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ τοῦ ἱερέως, καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως· ἅμα μὲν ἐν τῇ καταστάσει τῆς ταπεινώσεως αὐτοῦ· ἅμα δὲ καὶ τῆς ὑψώσεως.
Q. 24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
A. Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.
24. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ προφητικὸν ἔργον ἐπιτελεῖ;
Μ. Ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ προφητικὸν ἔργον ἐπιτελεῖ, ἀποκαλύπτων ἡμῖν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, διὰ τοῦ Ῥήματος, καὶ Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τῇ σωτηρίᾳ ἡμῶν.
Q. 25. How doth Christ execute the office of a priest?
A. Christ executeth the office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice, and reconcile us to God; and in making continual intercession for us.
25. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐπιτελεῖ τὸ ἱερατικὸν ἔργον;
Μ. Ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ ἱερατικὸν ἔργον ἐπιτελεῖ, ἐν τῷ εφάπαξ προσφέρειν ἑαυτὸν θυσίαν, τοῦ τῇ θεὶᾳ δίκῃ δίκας ἀξιόχρεως ἐκτίσαι, καὶ ἐν τῷ καταλλάττειν ἡμᾶς τῷ Θεῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀδιαλείπτως ἐντυγχάνειν.
Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
A. Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.
26. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἔργον ἀναπληροῖ;
Μ. Ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἔργον ἀναπληροῖ, ἐν τῷ ὑποτάσσειν ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ· καὶ ἐν τῷ κυριεύειν καὶ ὑπεραστίζειν ἡμῶν· καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀποκρούειν καὶ καταπολεμεῖν ἁπαξάπαντας τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἡμῶν ἐχθρούς.
Q. 27. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist?
A. 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.
27. Δ. Ἐν τίνι ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ταπείνωσις ἔκειτο;
Μ. Ἡ ταπείνωσις τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν τεχθῆναι, καὶ δῆτα καὶ ἐν τῇ κάτω καταστάσει, γενόμενον ὑπὸ τὸν νόμον· καὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπομεῖναι τὰς τοῦ παρόντος βίου συμφορὰς, τὴν ὀργήν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ κατάρατον τοῦ σταυροῦ θάνατον· καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ταφῆναι, καὶ ἐν τῷ τὸν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὴν τοῦ θανάτου δυναστείαν, πρὸς καιρὸν, ἐπιμεῖναι.
Q. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation?
A. Christ’s exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.
28. Δ. Ἐν τίνι ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὕψωσις κεῖται;
Μ. Ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὕψωσις περιέχεται, ἐν τῳ αὐτὸν ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ· καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἀναβῆναι εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ ἐν τῷ καθέζεσθαι αὐτὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ Πατρός· καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἔρχεσθαι κρῖναι τὸν κόσμον ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ.
Q. 29 How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.
29. Δ. Πῶς τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως κοινωνοῦμεν, τῆς ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περιπεποιημένης;
Μ. Κοινωνοῦμεν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περιπεποιημένης, τῇ ἐνεργητικῇ προσοικειώσει τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ.
Q. 30 How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?
A. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
30. Δ. Πῶς τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα προσοικειοῖ ἡμῖν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περιπεποιημένην;
Μ. Τὸ Πνεῦμα προσοικειοῖ ἡμῖν τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ περιπεποιημένην, ἤγουν, ἐν τῷ ἐνεργεῖν τὴν πίστιν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐν τῷ συνενοῦν ἡμᾶς δι᾽αὐτῆς τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρα ἐνεργητικῇ κλήσει.
Q. 31. What is effectual calling?
A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
31. Δ. Τί δῆτ᾽ἐστιν ἡ ἐνεργητικὴ κλῆσις;
Μ. Ἡ ἐνεργητικὴ κλῆσις, ἔργον ἐστὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου· δι᾽οὗ ὁ Θεὸς ἐλέγχων ἡμᾶς ἁμαρτίας πέρι, καὶ ταλαιπωρίας, καὶ τοὺς τῆς διανοίας ἡμῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς φωτίζων ἐν τῇ ἐπιγνώσει τοῦ Χριστοῦ· καὶ τὰς ἡμῶν καρδίας ἀνακαινίζων, ἐπιπείθει, καὶ ἐνισχύει ἡμᾶς πρὸς τὸ ἐναχκαλίζεσθαι τὸν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν προσφερόμενον ἡμῖν δωρεὰν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ.
Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which, in this life, do either accompany or flow from them.
32. Δ. Ποίων δὲ χαρισμάτων οἱ ἐνεργητικῶς κεκλημένοι ἐν τῇ παρούσῃ ζωῇ μετέχουσι;
Μ. Οἱ ἐνεργητικῶς κεκλημένοι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ζωῇ, τῆς δικαιώσεως, υἱοθεσίας, καὶ ἁγιασμοῦ μετέχουσι, καὶ ἀλλεπαλλήλοις χαρίσμασι πλουτίζονται· ἃ, ἐν τῷ νῦν βιῳ, ἢ τοῖς αὐτοῖς συνακολουθοῦσιν, ἢ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀναβλύζουσι.
Q. 33. What is justification?
A. Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
33. Δ. Τί ἐστιν ἡ διακίωσις;
Μ. Διακαίωσίς ἐστιν ἔργον τῆς εὐδοκίας τοῦ Θεοῦ, δι᾽ἧς, πάντα τὰ πλημμελήματα ἡμῶν συγγινώσκει, καὶ προσδέχεται ἡμᾶς ὡς δικαίους ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, διὰ μόνην τὴν τοὐ Χριστοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἡμῖν λογισθεῖσαν, καὶ μόνῃ τῇ πίστει ἐπιληφθεῖσαν.
Q. 34. What is adoption?
A. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.
34. Δ. Τί ἐστιν ἡ υἱοθεσία;
Μ. Ὑιοθεσία ἔργον ἑστὶ τῆς Θείας εὐδοκίας, ᾗ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐγκαταλεγόμεθα· καὶ εἰκότως μέτεστιν ἡμῖν πασῶν τῶν προνομιῶν τῶν αὐτῶν.
Q. 35. What is sanctification?
A. Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.
35. Δ. Τί ἐστιν ἁγιασμός;
Μ. Ἁγιασμός ἐστιν ἔργον τῆς Θείας εὐδοκίας· δι᾽ἧς ὁλοσχερῶς ἀνακαινούμεθα κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐνδυναμούμεθα μᾶλλον αἰεὶ, καὶ μᾶλλον τῇ ἁμαρτὶᾳ ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δικαιοσύνην βιῶσαι.
Q. 36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?
A. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end.
36. Δ. Τίνα δ᾽ἐστι τὰ χαρίσματα ἐν τῷ παρόντι βίῳ, ἃ τῇ δικαιώσει, υἱοθεσίᾳ, καὶ ἁγιασμῷ συνακολουθουσιν, ἢ ἀπ᾽αὐτῶν ἀποῤῥέουσι;
Μ. Τὰ χαρίσματα ἃ ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῷ τῇ δικαιώσει, υἱοθεσίᾳ, καὶ ἁγιασμῷ συνακολουθοῦσιν, ἤ ἀπ᾽αὐτῶν ἀποῤῥέουσιν, ἔστιν ἀσφαλὴς καὶ βεβαία πεποίθησις ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Θεοῦ· τῆς συνειδήσεως εἰρήνη, καὶ χαρὰ ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ προκοπὴ ἐν τῇ χάριτι, καὶ προσκαρτέρησις ἐν αὐτῇ μέχρι τέλους.
Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?
A. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection.
37. Δ. Τίνα χαρίσματα οἱ πιστοὶ ἀπολαύουσι τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ;
Μ. Αἱ τῶν πιστῶν ψυχαὶ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁλοτελεῖς ἁγιάζονται· καὶ εὐθὺς εἰς τὴν δόξαν μεταβαίνουσι· καὶ τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν εἰσαεὶ τῷ Χριστῷ ἑνωθέντα, ἐν τοῖς αὐτῶν τάφοις, μέχρι τῆς ἀναστάσεως, ἡδέως ἀναπαύονται.
Q. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?
A. At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity.
38. Δ. Ποῖά τινα χαρίσματα οἱ πιστοὶ, ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει, τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπόνανται;
Μ. Οἱ πιστοὶ ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει ἐγερθέντες ἐν δόξῃ, προφανῶς ἐπιγνωσθήσονται, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, τῆς κρίσεως ἀπαλλαγήσονται· καὶ παντελῶς μακάριοι γενήσονται, ἐν τῳ ὁλοκλήρως τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπολαύειν, εἰς τοῦς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.
Q. 39. What is the duty which God requireth of man?
A. The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to his revealed will.
39. Δ. Τί ἐστι τὸ καθῆκον, ὅπερ ὁ Θεὸς παρὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Τὸ καθῆκον, ὅπερ ὁ Θεὸς παρὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀπαιτεῖ, ἔστι τῷ ἀποκεκαλυμμένῳ θελήματι αὐτοῦ πείθεσθαι.
Q. 40. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
A. The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
40. Τί τοκαταρχάς ὁ Θεὸς ἐγνώρισε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ἐφ᾽ῷ γενέσθαι αὐτῷ τῆς ὑπακοῆς αὐτοῦ κανόνα;
Μ. Ὁ κανὼν, ὃν ὁ Θεὸς τοκαταρχὰς ἀπεκάλυψε τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ἐφ᾽ᾧ γενέσθαι αὐτῷ τῆς ὑπακοῆς αὐτοῦ κανόνα, ἦν ὁ Νόμος.
Q. 41. Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?
A. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.
41. Δ. Ἐν τίνι δὲ ὁ νόμος ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται;
Μ. Ὁ νόμος ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται ἐν ταῖς δέκα Ἐντολαῖς.
Q. 42. What is the sum of the ten commandments?
A. The sum of the ten commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves.
42. Δ. Τί ἐστι τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν κεφάλαιον;
Μ. Τὸ κεφάλαιον τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν ἐστι· τὸ, τὸν Κύριον, τὸν ἡμέτερον Θεὸν ἀγαπᾷν, ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδὶᾳ, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ· καὶ τὸν πλησίον ὡς ἑαυτούς.
Q. 43. What is the preface to the ten commandments?
A. The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, l am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
43. Δ. Τί ἐστι τὸ τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν προοίμιον;
Μ. Τὸ τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν προοίμιον, ἐν τούτοις τοῖς ῥήμασι περιλαμβάνεται· Ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος, ὁ Θεός σου, ὅστις ἐξήγαγόν σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, εξ οἴκου δουλείας.
Q. 44. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?
A. The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments.
44. Δ. Τὸ τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν προοίμιον τί διδάσκει ἡμᾶς;
Μ. Τὸ τῶν δέκα Ἐντολῶν προοίμιον διδάσκει ἡμᾶς, τοῦτο δηλονότι· Ἐπιδήπερ ὁ Θεός ἐστι Κύριος, καὶ ἡμέτερος Θεὸς, καὶ λυτρωτής· τοιγαροῦν ὑπόχρεῴ ἐσμεν, τῷ πάσας τὰς αὐτοῦ Ἐντολὰς διαφυλάτρειν.
Q. 45. Which is the first commandment?
A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
45. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστιν ἡ πρώτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ πρώτη Ἐντολή ἐστι· Ὀυκ ἔσονταί σοι Θεοὶ ἕτεροι ἐνώπιόν μου.
Q. 46. What is required in the first commandment?
A. The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.
46. Δ. Ἡ πρώτη Ἐντολὴ τί ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ πρώτη Ἐντολή παρ᾽ἡμῶν ἀπαιτεῖ, τὸ γινώσκειν, καὶ ἐπιγινώσκειν τὸν Θεὸν εἶναι μόνον τὸν ἀληθηινὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸν ἡμέτερον, καὶ ὡσαύτως προσκυνεῖν καὶ δοξάζειν αὐτὸν.
Q. 47. What is forbidden in the first commandment?
A. The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshiping and glorifying the true God as God, and our God; and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone.
47. Δ. Τὶ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπαγορεύεται;
Μ. Ἡ πρώτη Ἐντολὴ κωλύει ἡμᾶς τὸ ἀρνήσασθαι, ἢ μὴ σέβεσθαι, ἤ καὶ μὴ δοξάζειν τὸν ἀληθινὸν Θεὸν, ὡς Θεὸν, καὶ ἡμέτερον Θεόν· ἢ εἰς ἕτερόν τι, ταύτην τὴν λατρείαν καὶ δόξαν μεταφέρειν, τὴν τῷ αὐτῷ μόνῳ ὀφειλομένην.
Q. 48. What are we especially taught by these words, “before me”, in the first commandment?
A. These words, before me, in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.
48. Δ. Τί ἐξαιρέτως διδασκόμεθα ἐκ τούτων τῶν ῥημάτων· Ἐνώπιόν μου, ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ Ἐντολῇ;
Μ. Ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα, Ἐνώπιόν μου, ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ Ἐντολῇ, ὑπομιμνήσκει ἡμὰς, ὅτι Θεὸς, ὃς τὰ ξύμπαντα καθορᾷ, τὴν ἁμαρίαν τοῦ ἔχειν ἕτερόν τινα ὁποιονδηποτοῦν Θεὸν, παρατηρεῖ καὶ πρὸς τὴν αὐτὴν ὀργιλωτάτως ἔχει.
Q. 49. Which is the second commandment?
A. The second commandment is, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
49. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστιν ἡ δευτέρα Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ δευτέρα Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον, οὐδὲ παντὸς ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω, καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω, καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς. Οὐ προσκυνήσεις αὐτοῖς, οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσεις αὐτοῖς. Ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Θεὸς ζηλωτὴς, ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας τῶν πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα, ἕως τρίτης καὶ τετάρτης γενεᾶς, τοῖς μισοῦσί με, καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος εἰς χιλιάδας τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί με, καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσι τὰ προστάγματά μου.
Q. 50. What is required in the second commandment?
A. 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.
50. Δ. Τί ἡ δευτέρα Ἐντολὴ κελεύει;
Μ. Ἡ δευτέρα Ἐντολὴ κελεύει ἡμᾶς πᾶσαν Θεοσεβῆ λατρείαν, καὶ πάσας τὰς διαταγὰς προσδέχεσθαι, καὶ διατηρεῖν, καὶ φυλάττειν αὐτας ἀχράντους, καὶ ἀκιβδήλους, καθὼς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ αὐτοῦ κατέστησε.
Q. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment?
A. The second commandment forbiddeth the worshiping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word.
51. Δ. Τί ἀπαγορεύεται ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ Ἐντολῇ;
Μ. Ἡ δευτέρα Ἐντολὴ κωλύει ἡμᾶς Θεοσεβεῖν δι᾽εἰκόνων, ἢ ἄλλον τινὰ τρόπον οὐκ ἐν τῷ λόγῳ αὐτοῦ διαταχθέντα.
Q. 52. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?
A. The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, his propriety in us, and the zeal he hath to his own worship.
52. Δ. Τίνες εἰσὶν αἱ αἰτίαι τῇ δευτέρῃ Ἐντολῇ προσημμέναι;
Μ. Αἰ αἰτίαι τῇ δευτέρᾳ Ἐντολῇ προσημμέναι, εἰσὶν αὗται· τὸ, τὸν Θεὸν δεσπόζειν ἡμῶν· καὶ τὸ, αὐτὸν ἐξιδιοποιήσασθαι ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ· ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ, τὸν αὐτον ζῆλον ζηλοῦν ἐπὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ λατρείᾳ.
Q. 53. Which is the third commandment?
A. The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
53. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ τρίτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ τρίτη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Ὀυ λήψῃ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου σου ἐπὶ ματαίῳ· οὐ γὰρ μὴ καθαρίσῃ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου τὸν λαμβάνοντα ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ.
Q. 54. What is required in the third commandment?
A. The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works.
54. Δ. Τί ἡ τρίτη Ἐντολὴ παρ᾽ἡμῶν ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ τρίτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ ὁσίαν καὶ σεμνὴν χρῆσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τῶν προσηγοριῶν αὐτοῦ, προσωνυμιῶν, καὶ διαταγῶν, καὶ λόγου, καὶ ἔργων.
Q. 55. What is forbidden in the third commandment?
A. The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God maketh himself known.
55. Δ. Τί ἐν τῇ τρίτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπαγορεύεται;
Μ. Ἡ τρίτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει τὸ ἐμβεβηλοῦν πρᾶγμά τι, ἢ τῷ αὐτῷ καταχρῆσθαι, δι᾽ου ὁ Θεὸς δῆλος ἐστιν ἑαυτὸν γνωρίζων.
Q. 56. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.
56. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία τῇ τρίτῃ Ἐντολῇ προσκειμένη;
Μ. Ἡ αἰτία τῇ τρίτῃ Ἐντολῇ προσκειμένη, ἐστὶν αὕτη· δηλαδὴ κἂν οἱ τούτου τοῦ παραγγέλματος παραβάται τὴν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τιμωρίαν ἐκφύγωσιν, ἀλλ᾽ὅμως, ὁ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐάσει αὐτοὺς τὴν δικαιοκρισίαν αὐτοῦ διακρούσεσθαι.
Q. 57. Which is the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
57. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ τετάρτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ τετάρτη Ἐντολή ἐστι· Μνήσθητι τὴν ἡμέραν τῶν Σαββάτων, ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν· Ἕξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ, καὶ ποιήσεις πάντα τὰ ἔργα σοῦ· τῇ δὴ ἡμερᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ, Σάββατα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου· Οὐ ποιὴσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, σὺ, καὶ ὁ υἱός σου, καὶ ἡ θυγάτερ σου, ὁ παῖς σου, καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁ βοῦς σου, καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου, καὶ πᾶν κτῆνός σου, καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος, ὁ παροικῶν ἐν σοί. Και γὰρ ἑξ ἡμέραις ἐποίησε Κύριος τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ κατέπαυσε τῇ ἠμέρα τῇ ἑβδόμῃ· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εὐλόγησε Κύριος τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἑβδόμην, καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτήν.
Q. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath to himself.
58. Δ. Τί ἡ τετάρτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ τετάρτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ ἵνα πάντας τοὺς τακτοὺς καιροὺς ὁσίως τῷ Θεῷ φυλάσσωμεν, οὕς αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ αὐτοῦ προσέταξε· καὶ ῥητῶς, μίαν τὴν ὅλην ἡμέραν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἑπτὰ ὥστε γενέσθαι τὸ ἅγιον σάββατον αὐτῷ.
Q. 59. Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week, ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.
59. Δ. Πόστην τῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν διέταξεν ὁ Θεὸς, ὥστε εἶναι τὸ σάββατον ἑβδομαδαῖον;
Μ. Ἀπ᾽ἀρχῆς τοῦ κόσμου μέχρι τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ Θεὸς τὴν ἑβδόμην ἑβδομάδος ἡμέραν διέταξε, ὥστε εἶναι τὸ σάββατον ἑβδομαδαῖον· καὶ ἀπὸ τότε, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος, τὴν πρώτην ἑβδομάδος ἡμέραν διαμένειν· ἥτις ἐστὶ τὸ τῶν Χριστιανῶν σάββατον.
Q. 60. How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?
A. 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.
60. Δ. Πῶς ἁγιαστέον ἐστὶ τὸ σάββατον;
Μ. Τὸ σάββατον ἁγιαστέον ἐστὶν ὲν τῷ εὐσεβῶς ἀναπαύεσθαι ὅλην τὴν ἐκείνην ἡμέραν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν κοσμικῶν πραγματειῶν καὶ παιδιῶν, ἄλλοτε μὲν οὐκ ἀνόμων οὐσῶν· καὶ ἐν τῷ τὸν ὅλον καιρὸν δημοσίᾳ τε καὶ ἰδίᾳ, ἐπὶ ταῖς τἠς Θεοσεβείας ἱερουργίαις καταναλίσκειν, πλὴν ὅσον περ δεῖ ἐπὶ τοῖς τῆς ἀνάγκης, καὶ τοῦ ἐλέους ἔργοις κατατρίβεσθαι.
Q. 61. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
A. The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.
61. Δ. Τί ἐν τῇ τετάρτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπαγορεύεται;
Μ. Ἡ τετάρτη Ἐντολὴ κωλύει ἡμᾶς, ἢ τὰ δέοντα παρ᾿ἡμῶν ἀπαιτούμενα τοπαράπαν παραγλιπεῖν, ἢ πρὸς τὰ αὐτὰ ὀλιγώρως ἔχειν· καὶ δὲ κωλύει ἡμᾶς τῆν ἡμέραν βεβηλοῦν ἐν τῷ ῥᾳθυμεῖν· εἴτε ἐν τῷ πράττειν τι ἀφ᾽ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτωλόν· εἴτε διὰ κενῶν ἐνθυμήσεων, ἢ ματαιολογίας, εἴτε τῶν ἐργασιῶν μηδαμῶς ἀναγκαίων, περὶ τὰς πραγματείας τὰς κοσμικὰς, ἢ παιδιάς.
Q. 62. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
A. The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the Sabbath day.
62. Δ. Τίνες εἰσὶν αἱ αἰτίαι τῇ τετάρτῃ Ἑντολῇ προστεθεῖσαι;
Μ. Αἱ αἰτίαι τῇ τετάρτῃ Ἐντολῇ προστεθεῖσαί εἰσιν αὗται· τὸ, τὸν Θεὸν ἕξ συνεχεῖς ἡμέρας ἡμῖν, πρὸς τὸ πράττειν τὰ ἴδια ἡμῶν πράγματα, χαρίσασθαι· καὶ τὴν ἑβδόμην ἑαυτῷ ἐξιδιοποιήσασθαι· καὶ τὸ, τὴν αὐτὴν τῷ ὑποδείγματι τῷ ἰδίῳ, καὶ μὴν καὶ τῇ ἀπ᾿αὐτοῦ εὐλογίᾳ ἐπικυρώσασθαι.
Q. 63. Which is the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
63. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ πέμπτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ πέμπτη Ἐντολή ἐστι· Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιος γένῃ ἐπὶ γῆς ἀγαθῆς, ἧς ὁ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσι σοί.
Q. 64. What is required in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to everyone in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
64. Δ. Τί ἡ πέμπτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ πέμπτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ, τῇ τιμῇ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἐπαμύνειν· καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ δέοντα πρὸς ἕνα ἕκαστον ἁρμόζοντα, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν καὶ ἀξίαν αὐτῶν· εἴτε κρείττους ἡμῶν εἰσι, εἴθ᾽ἥττους, εἴτ᾽ἰσότιμοι.
Q. 65. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongeth to everyone in their several places and relations.
65. Δ. Τί ἐν τῇ πέμπτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπείρηται;
Μ. Ἡ πέμπτη Ἐντολὴ κωλεύει ἡμᾶς ἀμελῶς ἔχειν πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πλησίον τιμήν· ἢ ὁτιοῦν μηχανήσασθαι κατὰ τῆς αὐτῆς, καὶ τοῦ δέοντος ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ, κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῶν τάξιν καὶ ἀξίαν, ὀφειλομένου.
Q. 66. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good,) to all such as keep this commandment.
66. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία τῇ πέμπτῃ ἐπισυναπτομένη;
Μ. Ἡ αἰτία τῇ πέμπτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἐπισυναπτομένη, ἐστὶ, τῆς μακροχρονιότητος, καὶ εὐημερίας επαγγελία, ἐφ᾽ὅσον γε εἰς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξαν συμφέρῃ, καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς λυσιτελέσῃ πᾶσι τοῦτο τὸ παράγγελμα ἐπιτηροῦσι.
Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
67. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἕκτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Δ. Ἕκτη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐ φονεύσεις.
Q. 68. What is required in the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, and the life of others.
68. Δ. Τί ἡ ἕκτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ ἕκτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ, ἵνα ἡμεῖς μετὰ πάσης ἐπιμελείας καὶ σπουδῆς νομίμης ἰδίαν ἡμῶν ζωὴν καὶ τὴν ἄλλων ἐπιτηρῶμεν.
Q. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life or the life of our neighbor unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto.
69. Δ. Τί ἀπαγορεύεται ἐν τῇ ἔκτῃ Ἐντολῇ;
Μ. Ἡ ἕκτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει τὴν αὐτοχειρίαν· καὶ τὸν πέλας ἀνόμως φονεύειν· καὶ πανοτιοῦν ἐκεῖσε συντείνει.
Q. 70. Which is the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
70. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἑβδόμη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ ἑβδόμη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐ μοιχεύσεις.
Q. 71. What is required in the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior.
71. Δ. Τί ἡ ἑβδόμη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ἡ ἑβδόμη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ, ἵνα τὴν ἰδίαν ἡμῶν, καὶ τὴν τοῦ πλησίον ἁγνότητα ἀμίαντον διασώζωμεν, τῷ νοι, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ, καὶ τῇ ἀναστροπῇ.
Q. 72. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.
72. Δ. Τί ἐν τῇ ἑβδόμῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπαγορεύεται;
Μ. Ἡ ἑβδόμη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει πάντας τοὺς ἀσελγεῖς λογισμοὺς, καὶ λόγους, καὶ πράξεις.
Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
73. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ ὀγδόη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ ὀγδόη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐ κλέπψεις.
Q. 74. What is required in the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.
74. Δ. Τί ὀγδόη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Ὀγδόη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ, τὸ τὰ χρήματα καὶ ἐκτὸς ἀγαθὰ νομίμως προνοεῖσθαι, καὶ ἐπαυξάνειν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων.
Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbor’s wealth or outward estate.
75. Δ. Τί ὀγδόη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει;
Μ. Ἡ ὀγδόη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει πανοτιοῦν τὰ ἴδια ἡμῶν ἢ τὰ τοῦ πλησίον ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ἐκτὸς ἀγαθὰ, ἀδίκως ἐμποδίζει, ἢ γένοιτ᾽ἂν αὐτοῖς ποτ᾽ἐμποδών.
Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
76. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐννάτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ ἐννάτη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ.
Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness-bearing.
77. Δ. Τί ἡ ἐννάτη Ἐντολὴ προστάττει ἡμῖν;
Μ. Ἡ ἐννάτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ, τὸ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μεταξὺ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἡμῶν, καὶ τοῦ πλησίον εὐφημίᾳ ἐπαγωνίζεθαι· μάλιστα δὲ, ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίαν παρέχεσθαι.
Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name.
78. Δ. Τί ἐν τῇ ἐννάτῃ Ἐντολῇ ἀπαγορεύεται;
Μ. Ἡ ἐννατη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαγορεύει πανοτιοῦν ἐστὶ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀντικείμενον, ἢ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἡμῶν, ἢ τῇ τοῦ πλησίον εὐφημίᾳ ὑβριστικόν.
Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
79. Δ. Τίς ἐστιν ἡ δεκάτη Ἐντολή;
Μ. Ἡ δεκάτη Ἐντολή ἐστιν· Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναίκα τοῦ πλησίον σου, οὔτε τὴν οἰκίαν, οὔτε ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ, οὔτε τὸν παῖδα, οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ, οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ, οὔτε ὅσα τοῦ πλησίον σου ἐστί.
Q. 80. What is required in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.
80. Δ. Τί ποτ᾽ἡ δεκάτη Ἐντολὴ ἀπαιτεῖ;
Μ. Δεκάτη Ἐντολὴ παρ᾽ἡμῶν ἀπαιτεῖ τὸ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀρκεῖσθαι, καὶ αὐτοῖς ἐπαναπαύεσθαι· καὶ πρὸς τὸν πέλας, καὶ πάντα ὅσα αὐτοῦ ἐστιν, ὀρθῶς καὶ εὐμενῶς διατίθεσθαι.
Q. 81. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.
81. Δ. Τί ποτ᾽ἀπαγορεύεται ἐν τῇ δεκάτῃ Ἐντολῇ;
Μ. Δεκάτη Ἐντολὴ τὸ μεμψιμοιρεῖν ὅλως ἀπαγορεύει· φθονεῖν τε καὶ λυπεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦ πλησίον ἀγαθῷ· καὶ ἀτάκτως ὁρμᾶσθαι, καὶ κεχηνέναι πρὸς ὁτιοῦν χρῆμα τοῦ αὐτοῦ.
Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A. No mere man, since the fall, is able, in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them, in thought, word, and deed.
82. Δ. Μῶν τις τῶν ἀνθρώπων οἷός ἐστι τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐς τὸ παντελὲς διαφυλάττειν;
Μ. Οὐδεῖς, ψιλὸς ἄνθρωπος ὢν, ἀπὸ τοῦ παραπτώματος τοῦ Ἀδὰμ, οὐχ οἶος ἐστιν ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῳ, τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐντάλματα ὁλοτελῶς διαφυλάττειν· ἀλλ᾽ὁσημέραι τὰ αὐτὰ παραβαίνει, ἐν τῷ νοῒ, καὶ τῷ λόγῷ [3], καὶ τῷ ἔργῳ.
[3] Should this be "λόγῳ" (dative singular)? Not sure if there's any reason for a circumflex accent on the ῳ.
Q. 83. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
A. Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.
83. Δ. Μῶν ἁπᾶσαι τοῦ νόμου παραβάσεις τυγχάνουσιν οὖσαι ἐξ ἴσου βδελυραί;
Μ. Ἔνια δῆτα πλημμελήματα ἀφ᾽ἑαυτῶν, καὶ πολλὰς μὲν καὶ ἄλλας δενώσεις, βδελυρώτερα, κατενώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, τῶν ἄλλων πλημμελημάτων τυγχάνει ὄντα.
Q. 84. What doth every sin deserve?
A. Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.
84. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστι τὸ ἐπιτίμιον τῇ ἀμαρτίᾳ κατ᾽ἀξίαν ὀφειλόμενον;
Μ. Τὸ ἐπιτίμιον τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ κατ᾽ἀξίαν ὀφειλόμενόν ἐστιν, ὀργὴ καὶ κατάρα τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἅμα μὲν ἐν τῳδε τῳ βίῳ, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι.
Q. 85. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?
A. To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.
85. Δ. Τί παρ᾽ἡμῶν ὀ Θεὸς ἀπαιτεῖ ὥσθ᾽ἡμᾶς διαφυγεῖν τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ κατάραν αὐτοῦ ἡμῖν διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὀφειλομένην;
Μ. Ὅπως τὴν ὀργὴν, καὶ τὴν κατάραν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἡμῖν διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὀφειλομένην ἐκφύγωμεν, ὁ Θεὸς ἀπαιτεῖ παρ᾿ἡμῶν τὴν πίστιν εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, καὶ μετάνοιαν πρὸς ζωήν· καὶ τὸ πάντων τῶν ἔξωθεν μέσων τῇ χρήσει λιπαρῶς προσκαρτερεῖν, δι᾽ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τῶν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως χαρισμάτων μεταδίδωσιν ἡμῖν.
Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.
86. Δ. Τί ἐστιν ἡ πίστις εἰς τὸν Ἱησοῦν Χριστόν;
Μ. Πίστις εἰς τὸν Ἰησοῦνν Χριστόν ἐστιν σωτήριος χάρις, δι᾽ἧς τὸν αὐτον μόνον ἐναγκαλιζόμεθα, καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν, τῷ αὐτῳ μόνῳ ἐπαναπαυόμεθα, καθάπερ ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ προσφέρεται.
Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.
87. Δ. Τί ἐστι μετάνοια εἰς ζωήν;
Μ. Ἡ μετάνοια εἰς ζωήν ἐστι σωτήριος χάρις, δι᾽ἧς ἁμαρτωλὸς διά τὴν ἀληθῆ καὶ βαθεῖαν τῆς ἰδίας αὐτοῦ πονηρίας αἴσθησιν, τῇ καρδιᾳ κατανυγεὶς, καὶ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐσπλαγχνίαν ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ κατανοήσας, καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιλαβόμενος, πρὸς τὴν αὑτοῦ πονηρίαν λυπηρῶς καὶ ἀπεχθῶς ἔχων, τὴν αὐτὴν ἀποστραφεὶς, πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐπιστρέφεται, καὶ δὴ καὶ πάσῃ σπουδῇ καινὴν ὑπακοὴν διώκει.
Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
A. The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer; all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.
88. Δ. Τίνα δ᾽ἐστὶ ἔξωθεν μέσα ἢ ὄργανα οἷς ὁ Χριστὸς χρώμενος, τῶν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως χαρισμάτων μεταδίδωσιν ἡμῖν;
Μ. Τὰ ἔξωιεν μέσα, ἢ ὄργανα, τά τε συνήθη, οἷς ὁ Χριστὸς χρώμενος, τῶν τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως χαρισμάτων μεταδίδωσιν ἡμῖν, ἔστιν αἱ ἱεραὶ διατάξεις αὐτοῦ· μάλιστα δὲ, ὁ λόγος, τὰ μυστήρια, καὶ προσευχή, ἃ μέν γε πάντα πάνυ συμβάλλεται πρὸς τὴν τῶν Ἐκλεκτῶν σωτηρίαν.
Q. 89. How is the word made effectual to salvation?
A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.
89. Δ. Πῶς ὁ Λόγος ἐνεργὴς γίνεται εἰς τὴν σωτερίαν;
Μ. Τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν, μάλιστα δὲ τὸ κήρυγμα τοῦ Λόγου, ἐνεργῆ ὄργανα, ἢ μέσα ἀποδείκνυσι πρὸς ἔλεγχον, καὶ πρὸς ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἁγιωσύνῃ, καὶ παραμυθίᾳ, διὰ πίστεως εἰς σωτηρίαν.
Q. 90. How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
A. That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer: receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.
90. Δ. Πῶς ἀναγνωστέος, καὶ ἀκουστέος ἐστὶν ὁ Λόγος, ὥστε πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐνεργῆ γενέσθαι;
Μ. Ὅπως ὁ Λόγος ἐνεργὴς ἂν εἴη πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν, δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς τῷ αὐτῷ προσέχειν, μετὰ παρασκευῆς τε, καὶ προσευχῆς προϊούσης, καὶ μετὰ πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης ὑποδέχεσθαι αὐτόν· καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν θέσθαι, καὶ πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν τὰς ἡμετέρου βίου πράξεις σταθμίζειν.
Q. 91. How do the Sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
A. The Sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them.
91. Πῶς τὰ Μυστήρια ἐνεργῆ μέσα γίνεται πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν;
Μ. Τὰ Μυστήρια ἐνεργῆ γίνεται πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν, οὐ διὰ τὴν δύναμίν τινα ἐν τοῖς στοιχείοις ἐνυπάρχουσαν· ἢ τῇ διακονοῦντος ἀξίᾳ· ἀλλἂ μόνον διὰ τῆς εὐλογίας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τῆς τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐνεργείας ἐν τοῖς αὐτῶν διὰ πίστεως μεταλαμβάνουσιν.
Q. 92. What is a Sacrament?
A. A Sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the new covenant are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.
92. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστι Μυστήριον;
Μ. Μυστήριόν ἐστιν ἱερὰ διάταξις ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ κατασταθεῖσα· ἐν ᾧ διὰ σημείων αἰσθητῶν, ὁ Χριστὸς, καὶ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης χαρίσματα τοῖς πιστοῖς ἐμφάινονται, ἐπισφραγίζονται, καὶ προσοικειοῦνται.
Q. 93. Which are the Sacraments of the New Testament?
A. The Sacraments of the New Testament are, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
93. Δ. Τίνα ἄττα ἐστὶ τὰ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης Μυστήρια;
Μ. Τὰ Μυστήρια τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, ἐστὶ τὸ βάπτισμα καὶ τὸ κυριακὸν δεῖπνον.
Q. 94. What is Baptism?
A. Baptism is a Sacrament, wherein the washing with water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.
94. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστῖ τὸ Βάπτισμα;
Μ. Βάπτισμά ἐστι Μυστήριον, ἐν ᾧ τὸ λουτρὸν τοῦ ὕδατος εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ τοῦ Υἱου καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος σημαίνει καὶ ἐπισφραγίζει τὸν Χριστόν· καὶ τὴν τῶν χαρισμάτων τῶν τῆς διαθήκης τῆς χάριτος μετοχήν· καῖ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἐγγύησιν τοῦ ἡμᾶς εἰς τοὺς τοῦ Κυρίου ἀπογράφεσθαι.
Q. 95. To whom is Baptism to be administered?
A. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.
95. Δ. Ποταποὺς θέμις ἐστὶ τοῦ βαπτίσματος μετέχειν;
Μ. Οὐ θέμις ἐστί τινα ἔξω τῆς ὁρατῆς ἐκκλησίας βαπτίζεσθαι, πρὶν ἂν αὐτὸν ὁμολογήσασθαι τὴν ἰδίαν πίστιν εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν, καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν ὑπακοὴν· ἀλλὰ μὲν οὖν, χρὴ τὰ βρέφη τῶν τῆς ὁρατῆς ἐκκλεσίας μελῶν βαπτίζεσθαι.
Q. 96. What is the Lord’s Supper?
A. The Lord’s Supper is a Sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace.
96. Δ. Τί δ᾽ἐστι τὸ Κυριακὸν Δεῖπνον;
Μ. Τὸ Κυριακὸν Δεῖπνον Μυστήριόν ἐστιν, ἐν ᾧ, τῇ δόσει, καὶ τῇ λήψει, τοῦ ἄρτου, καὶ τοῦ οἴνου, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ διαταγὴν ὁ θάνατος αὐτοῦ καταγγέλλεται· καὶ οἱ ἀξίως μεταλαμβάνοντες, οὐ μέντοι σωματικῶς καὶ σαρκικῶς, ἀλλὰ διὰ πίστεως, τοῦ σώματος, καὶ τοῦ αἵματος μετέχουσι, καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ ἁπάντων αὐτοῦ χαρισμάτων, εἰς τὴν πνευματικὴν αὐτῶν διατροφὴν, καὶ τὴν ἐν τῇ χάριτι προκοπήν.
Q. 97. What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper?
A. It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord’s Supper, that they examine themselves of their knowledge to discern the Lord’s body, of their faith to feed upon him, of their repentance, love, and new obedience; lest, coming unworthily, they eat and drink judgment to themselves.
97. Δ. Τί ἀπαιτεῖται παρὰ τῶν τοῦ Κυριακοῦ Δείπνου μετέχειν βουλομένων;
Μ. Παρὰ τῶν τοῦ Κυριακοῦ Δείπνου ἀξίως μετέχειν βουλομένων, ἀπαιτεῖται· τὸ, δοκιμάζειν ἑαυτοὺς περὶ τῆς ἰδίας συνέσεως ἐν τῷ διακρίνειν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου· περὶ τῆς πίστεως, τοῦ ὑπ᾿αὐτοῦ διατρέφεσθαι· μετανοίας πέρι, καὶ ἀγάπης, καὶ καινῆς ὑπακοῆς· μήποτ᾽ἀνἀξίως προσελθόντες, κρίμα ἑαυτοῖς ἐσθίωσι καὶ πίωσι.
Q. 98. What is Prayer?
A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.
98. Δ. Τί ἐστιν ἡ Προσευχή;
Μ. Προσευχή ἐστι προσφορὰ τῶν αἰτημάτων ἡμῶν μόνῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑπὲρ τῶν, κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, πραγμάτων, ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ· σὺν τῇ τῶν παραπτωμάτων ἡμῶν ὁμολογίᾳ· καὶ εὐχαριστηρίῳ ἐπιγνώσει τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν αὐτοῦ.
Q. 99. What rule hath God given for our direction in Prayer?
A. The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called The Lord’s Prayer.
99. Δ. Τίνα τοῦ προσεύχεσθαι κανόνα προὔτηκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεός;
Μ. Πᾶσα ἱερὰ Γραφὴ χρησίμως ἔχει πρὸς τὸ ὁδηγεῖν ἡμᾶς ἐπι τῆς προσευχῆς· ἀλλὰ μὲν ὁ ἐξαίρετος κανὼν οἷος κατευθύνειν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ προσεύχεσθαί ἐστιν, οὗτος ὁ τύπος, ὃν ὁ Χριστὸς τοὺς ἰδίους μαθητὰς ἐδίδαξε, ἁπαντακοῦ λεγόμενος ἡ Κυριακὴ Προσευχή.
Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A. The preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, Our Father which art in heaven, teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us; and that we should pray with and for others.
100. Δ. Τί διδάσκει ἡμᾶς τὸ τῆς Κυριακῆς Προσευχῆς προοίμιον;
Μ. Τὸ προοίμιον τῆς Κυριακῆς Προσευχῆς, δηλονότι, Πάτερ ἡμῶν, ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· παιδεύει ἡμᾶς προσεύχεσθαι τῷ Θεῷ μετὰ πάσης Θεοσεβοῦς εὐλαβείας, καὶ πεποιθήσεως, ὡς παιδία τῷ πατρὶ δυναμένῳ, ἅμα καὶ προθύμῳ βοηθῆσαι ἡμῖν· καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις συνεύχεσθαι, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἄλλων προσεύχεσθαι.
Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first petition?
A. In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray, that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.
101. Δ. Τί παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐχόμεθα ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ αἰτήματι;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ αἰτήματι· Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· εὐχόμεθα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅπως ἐνδυναμώσῃ ἡμᾶς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους, ὥστε δοξάζωμεν αὐτὸν, ἐν πᾶσι, δι᾽ὧν ἑαυτὸν γνωρίζει· καὶ ἵνα ἀξιώσῃ ἅπαντα πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτοῦ δόξαν διευθύνειν.
Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it, and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
102. Δ. Τί ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ αἰτήματι· Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· εὐχόμεθα, ἵν᾽ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Σατανᾶ παντελῶς ἀνατρέπηται· καὶ ἡ βασιλεία τῆς Χάριτος ὑψωθῇ, καὶ εἰς τὸ ἄκρον ἀφίκηται· καὶ ὅπως ἡμεῖς σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν μεθιστώμεθα, καὶ ἐν τῆ αὐτῇ φρουρώμεθα· καὶ ἵνα ἡ βασιλεία τῆς δόξης ἔρχηται ταχύ.
Q. 103. What do we pray for in the third petition?
A. In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, we pray, that God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.
103. Δ. Τί ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ αἰτήματι· Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σοῦ, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπι τῆς γῆς· εὐχόμεθα, ὅπως ὁ Θεὸς τῇ χάριτι αὐτοῦ οὕτως ἡμᾶς συνετίσῃ, καὶ προθυμίαν ἐν ἡμῖν ἐνεργήσῃ, ωσθ᾽ἡμᾶς τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ συνιέναι, καὶ πάντη πάντως αὐτω πείσεσθαι, καθάπὲρ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.
Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A. In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray, that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.
104. Δ. Τί ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ· Τον ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· εὐχόμεθα, τῷ Θεῷ, ὅπως τῶν ἐκτὸς ἀγαθῶν, τῶν καθ᾽ἡμέραν, ἐπιτηδείων, ἱκανῆς καὶ ἀρκούσης μερίδος ἡμίν προῖκα μεταδιδοίῃ· καὶ ἅμ᾽αὐτοῖς, τῆς ἀπ᾿αὐτοῦ εὐλογίας μετασχῶμεν.
Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A. In the fifth petition, which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, we pray, that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.
105. Τί ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ εὐχόμεθα;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ, Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῑς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλήταις ἡμῶν· εὐχόμεθα, ἵνα διὰ τὸν Χριστὸν, συγγνώμην ἡμῖν δορεὰν χαρίσηται· ὅ, τι τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον αἰτεῖν θαῤῥοῦμεν, ἐπειδὴ, τῃ αὐτοῦ χάριτι ἡμεῖς αὐτοὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀπὸ ψυχῆς συγγνῶναι ἐνδυναμούμεθα.
Q. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A. In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we pray, that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.
106. Δ. Τί ἐν τῷ ἕκτῳ αἰτήματι δεόμεθα τοῦ Θεοῦ;
Μ. Ἐν τῷ ἕκτῳ αἰτήματι· Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς περιασμὸν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ· δεόμεθα, ὅπως ὁ Θεὸς, ἤπερ οὕτως ἡμᾶς ἀπειράστους φρουρῶν προφθάσῃ· ἤπερ ὑποστηρίσῃ, καὶ ῥύσηται πειραζομένους.
Q. 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?
A. The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him; and, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.
107. Δ. Τί Προσευχῆς τῆς Κυριακῆς ἐπίλογος νουθετεῖ ἡμᾶς;
Μ. Ὁ προσευχῆς τῆς Κυριακῆς ἐπίλογος, Ὁτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία, καὶ ἡ δύναμις, καὶ ἡ δόξα, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· Ἀμήν· νουθετεῖ ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ προσεύχεσθαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ μόνου τὸ θάρσος λαβεῖν· καὶ ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς ἡμῶν, εὐλογεῖν, καὶ μεγαλύνειν αὐτόν· καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῷ μόνῳ περιάπτειν. Καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐπιποθήσεως, καὶ πεποιθήσεως εἰσακουσθήσεσθαι ἡμᾶς, τοῦτο τὸ ῥημάτιον, ἐπιφωνοῦντες, λέγομεν, Ἀμήν.
EXODUS XX
God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
I. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
IV. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
V. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
VI. Thou shalt not kill.
VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
VIII. Thou shalt not steal.
IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.
Ἔξοδος κʹ
Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους λέγων· ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, ὅστις ἐξήγαγόν σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας.
αʹ. οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πλὴν ἐμοῦ.
βʹ. οὐ ποιήσεις σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον, οὐδὲ παντὸς ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς. οὐ προσκυνήσεις αὐτοῖς, οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσεις αὐτοῖς· ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Θεὸς ζηλωτής, ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα, ἕως τρίτης καὶ τετάρτης γενεᾶς τοῖς μισοῦσί με καὶ ποιῶν ἔλεος εἰς χιλιάδας τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί με καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσι τὰ προστάγματά μου.
γʹ. οὐ λήψει τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπί ματαίῳ· οὐ γὰρ μὴ καθαρίσῃ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου τὸν λαμβάνοντα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ.
δʹ. μνήσθητι τὴν ἡμέρα τῶν σαββάτων ἁγιάζειν αὐτήν. ἓξ ἡμέρας ἐργᾷ καὶ ποιήσεις πάντα τὰ ἔργα σου· τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ σάββατα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου· οὐ ποιήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁ βοῦς σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου καὶ πᾶν κτῆνός σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος ὁ παροικῶν ἐν σοί. ἐν γὰρ ἓξ ἡμέραις ἐποίησε Κύριος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ κατέπαυσε τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ· διὰ τοῦτο εὐλόγησε Κύριος τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἑβδόμην καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτήν.
εʹ. τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιος γένῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἀγαθῆς, ἧς Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι.
*ϛʹ. οὐ φονεύσεις.
ζʹ. οὐ μοιχεύσεις.
ηʹ. οὐ κλέψεις.
θʹ. οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου μαρτυρίαν ψευδῆ.
ιʹ. οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου. οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν οἰκίαν τοῦ πλησίον σου οὔτε τὸν ἀγρὸν αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ οὔτε τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ βοὸς αὐτοῦ οὔτε τοῦ ὑποζυγίου αὐτοῦ οὔτε παντὸς κτήνους αὐτοῦ οὔτε ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σου ἐστί.
* The LXX has "οὐ μοιχεύσεις. οὐ κλέψεις. οὐ φονεύσεις." ("Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not kill."). This has been corrected to match the Masoretic Text used by Protestants and Reformed Christians.MATTHEW VI
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον ϛʹ
Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ. ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν.
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he arose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
Πιστεύω εἰς θεòν πατέρα, παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς.
Καὶ (εἰς) Ἰησοῦν Χριστòν, υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν, τὸν συλληφθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου, γεννηθέντα ἐκ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου, παθόντα ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, σταυρωθέντα, θανόντα, καὶ ταφέντα, κατελθόντα εἰς ᾅδου, τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστάντα ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς, καθεζόμενον ἐν δεξιᾷ θεοῦ πατρὸς παντοδυνάμου, ἐκεῖθεν ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
Πιστεύω εἰς τò πνεῦμα τò ἅγιον, ἁγίαν καθολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἁγίων κοινωνίαν, ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν, ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Ἀμήν.