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.
Students of the Reformed tradition and the Protestant Reformation will value this resource.
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Examines the historical and theological background of the Heidelberg Catechism and includes the first-ever English translations of two of its major sources--Ursinus's Smaller and Larger Catechisms.
Product details
ISBN
9780801031175
Published
2005-09-01
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Weight
378 gr
Height
228 mm
Width
159 mm
Thickness
14 mm
Age
UU, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
224
Biographical note
Lyle D. Bierma (Ph.D., Duke University) is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary.Charles D. Gunnoe Jr. (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is associate professor of history at Aquinas College.
Karin Y. Maag (Ph.D., 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.