Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism: Sources, History, and Theology

Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism: Sources, History, and Theology

Bierma, Lyle D.

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Publisher's Description

This work examines key aspects of the development of the Heidelberg Catechism, including historical background, socio-political origins, purpose, authorship, sources, and theology. The book includes the first ever English translations of two major sources of the Heidelberg Catechism - Ursinus's Smaller and Larger Catechisms - and a bibliography of research on the document since 1900. Students of the Reformed tradition and the Protestant Reformation will value this resource.

About the Authors

Lyle D. Bierma (PhD, Duke University) is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary.

Charles D. Gunnoe Jr (PhD, University of Virginia) is associate professor of history at Aquinas College.

Karin Y. Maag (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is director of the Meeter Center at Calvin College.

Paul W. Fields is theological librarian and curator of the Meeter Center at Calvin College.

Book Details

224 Pages
Publisher: Baker Book House
Publication Date: August 2005
ISBN 10: 0801031176
ISBN 13: 9780801031175