The Reformation · 1563
The Heidelberg Catechism
Heidelberger Katechismus
Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus
What it is
A hundred and twenty-nine questions and answers arranged as guilt, grace, and gratitude — opening with what a person's only comfort in life and death is, and answering in the first person.
Why it lasted
The warmest of the Reformation catechisms and the most widely used, still a confessional standard for Reformed churches on several continents.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
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