“T. F. Torrance castigates the Assembly for what he considers to be a medieval conception of the ordo salutis, with various stages of grace leading to union with Christ. Superficially, it might seem so, since there is no chapter on union with Christ in the Confession, nor is union with Christ significant in the discussion of the elements of salvation. However, Torrance’s thesis is shattered by Larger Catechism 65-90, where all of God’s grace is said to be found in union and communion with Christ. The two documents need to be taken together, for their lines of approach are different but complementary. Torrance refers to the alleged revival of the medieval ordo salutis by William Perkins (1558-1602), and claims the support of an article by his brother,  James B. Torrance –whose argument Richard Muller had destroyed in one of his early publications. Torrance completely ignores Muller, rather like missing the proverbial elephant in the room” (Robert Letham, The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology In Historical Context, 242-243).