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. Of these two young and learned divines, Ursinus bore the primary responsibility for the Catechism s material content, while Olevianus was more involved in final composition and editing.

Imitation of Christ, and Pilgrim’s Progress.” Diffused with the unction of the Spirit, soundly Calvinistic, yet moderate in tone and irenic in spirit, this precious “book of comfort” remains the most widely used and warmly praised catechism of the Reformation period.

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