威敏斯特准则是一个统称词,其中包括威敏斯特会议(1643-49)上制定的多份文件:威敏斯特信仰告白威敏斯特小要理问答威敏斯特大要理问答公共敬拜指南教会治理指南。这些文件代表了英格兰和苏格兰宗教改革的教义与教会治理观点。其中,威敏斯特信仰告白和大、小要理问答被许多改革宗宗派和长老宗宗派采纳作为教义准则。


The Westminster Standards is a collective name for the documents drawn up by the Westminster Assembly (1643–49). These include the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, the Westminster Larger Catechism, the Directory of Public Worship, and the Form of Church Government, and represent the doctrine and church polity of the English and Scottish Reformation. The Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechism have been adopted as doctrinal standards by a number of Reformed and Presbyterian Christian denominations.