Transcription of The Heidelberg Catechism
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The Heidelberg Catechism
The Heidelberg Catechism or METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS THE SAME IS TAUGHT IN THE REFORMED CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS IN HOLLAND AND IN AMERICA The Heidelberg Catechism received its name from being composed in Heidelberg at the request of Elector Frederick III (1516 1576), ruler of the Palatinate, an influential German province. To secure harmony in Protestant teaching and to facilitate the establishment of the Reformed faith in his province, this pious prince commissioned Zacharias Ursinus (1534 1583), twenty-eight years of age and professor of theology at the Heidelberg University, and Caspar Olevianus (1536 1587), twenty-six years old and Frederick s court preacher, to prepare a Reformed Catechism for instructing the youth and guiding pastors and teachers.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Heb. 2:14–15, Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; ... For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Rom. 7:22, For I delight in the law of God after ...
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