Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism : Sources, History, and Theology,9780801031175

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

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ISBN13: 9780801031175
ISBN10: 0801031176
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-01
Publisher(s): Baker Academic
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Contributors 7(2)
Series Preface 9(2)
Preface 11(4)
Part 1: Historical Introduction
1. The Reformation of the Palatinate and the Origins of the Heidelberg Catechism, 1500-1562
Charles D. Gunnoe Jr.
15(34)
2. The Purpose and Authorship of the Heidelberg Catechism
Lyle D. Bierma
49(26)
3. The Sources and Theological Orientation of the Heidelberg Catechism
Lyle D. Bierma
75(28)
4. Early Editions and Translations of the Heidelberg Catechism
Karin Y. Maag
103(16)
5. Bibliography of Research on the Heidelberg Catechism since 1900
Paul W. Fields
119(18)
Part 2: Translations of Ursinus's Catechisms
Introduction
Lyle D. Bierma
137(4)
The Smaller Catechism
141(22)
The Larger Catechism
163

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