Die Übersetzung des Genfer Katechismus (1542/1545) ins Deutsche durch Zacharias Ursinus im Jahr 1563 [PDF]
The translation of the Genevan Catechism (1542/1545) into German by Zacharias Ursinus in 1563 It is with considerable surprise that one finds in the “Opera Selecta Calvini” vol. 2 a German translation of Calvin’s Geneva Catechism (1542/1545).
W.H. Neuser
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The Heidelberg Catechism: elements for a theology of care [PDF]
This article proposes a fresh reading of the Heidelberg Catechism from the perspective of an ethics of care, a new paradigm of doing ethics, strongly influenced by feminist philosophy. In its anthropology, this approach in ethics emphasizes human relationality, mutual dependency and vulnerability.
de Lange, F
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Salvation according to the Heidelberg Catechism [PDF]
The Heidelberg Catechism has been part of the Reformed Confessional tradition for over 400 years. It has helped to shape and form generations of Reformed believers. The question however can be raised if the model of salvation that features in the Catechism is still relevant today?
Joubert, L
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Anabaptist Spirituality and the Heidelberg Catechism [PDF]
Although the Anabaptists are not explicitly mentioned in the Heidelberg Catechism, it is generally acknowledged that the catechism influenced by the debates with the so-called radical reformation. This paper assesses Zacharias Ursinus’ Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism and the report of the 1571 Frankenthal disputation in order to get a clearer ...
Battles Ford Lewis +30 more
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On the historical origins of the Heidelberg Catechism [PDF]
Reflection on the origins of the Heidelberg Catechism reveals it to be a document of understanding between Calvinistic-Reformed, Zwinglian and Lutheran-Philippistic tendencies within Protestantism. One important reason for the success of the Heidelberg Catechism was the fact that each one of these groups appreciated the Catechism.
Strohm, C
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A Reformed Account of Eucharistic Sacrifice
Abstract Christian writers have always described the Eucharist as a ‘sacrifice’, but this was ill‐defined before 1500. The Tridentine Fathers offered an account of the priest somehow offering the one sacrifice of Calvary anew at the altar, which depended on transubstantiation, but later theologians have found it difficult to narrate this.
Stephen R. Holmes
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Exchange, Atonement, and Recovered Humanity: Martin Luther on the Passive Obedience of Christ
Abstract This article engages Luther’s doctrine of Christ’s passive obedience (obedientia passiva)––a theme that comes to fullest expression in his Lectures on Galatians (1531/5). There, Luther argues that the sins of the godless become the true possession of the vicariously suffering Son.
John W. Hoyum
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'Bound Over to Satan’s Tyranny’ : Sin and Satan in Contemporary Reformed Hamartiology [PDF]
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Ziegler, Philip G.
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Die Heidelbergse Kategismus en die kategesemateriaal van die Ned Geref. Kerk: ’n kerkhistoriese oorsig [PDF]
English Title: The Heidelberg Catechism and the catechesis material of the Dutch Reformed Church: a church history overviewEnglish AbstractIn the year which we commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism, this article follows the ...
van der Merwe, J.M.
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The Heidelberg Catechism: a hidden creedal text and catechetical manual in the Malawian Reformed Church 1889-2012 [PDF]
This article focuses on the reception and the status of the Heidelberg Catechism in the Church of the Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Nkhoma Synod in Malawi between 1889 and 2012.
Zeze, W.S.D.
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