Heidelberg Catechism

Name: Heidelberg Catechism
Author: Zacharias Ursinus
ISBN: 9781911535478

Author: Zacharias Ursinus
Series: Christian Classics
Language: English
Length: 84 pages
ISBN: 9781911535478
Published: 26 September 2016
Imprint: The Big Nest

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Catechism
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Description

The Heidelberg Catechism, one of the Three Forms of Unity, is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine. It was written in 1563 in Heidelberg, present-day Germany. Its original title translates to Catechism, or Christian Instruction, according to the Usages of the Churches and Schools of the Electoral Palatinate.

Author

Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583), born Zacharias Baer in Breslau, was a German Reformed theologian of the Palatinate and the principal author of the Heidelberg Catechism. He taught at the University of Heidelberg and the Collegium Sapientiae, shaping doctrine as a series of questions a believer could actually answer. Comfort, conscience, and the Sunday classroom: the catechism still sounds like a teacher who expects the heart to keep up.

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