A Faith Worth Teaching – The History and People behind the Heidelberg Catechism
Chapter 1 explores the history behind the Heidelberg Catechism. The author notes the reformation of the Palatinate, the purpose of the Catechism, and the primary author of the Catechism, Zacharias Ursinus.
Zacharias Ursinus: Author of the Heidelberg Catechism
This article gives a biography of Zacharias Ursinus and the events that led to the writing of the Heidelberg Catechism.
The Westminster Assembly – Perspectives on Westminster
Did the theological heirs of John Calvin deviate from their heritage? Was Calvin’s dynamic biblical theology lost by his successors? Was the philosophical methodology of Aristotle introduced into Reformed theology by Theodore Beza and Zacharias Ursinus? This chapter considers these criticisms as they were applied in particular to the tradition of the Westminster Standards. T. F.