Heidelberg Catechism
Palatinate doctrinal summary
The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant Christian document from 1563, written in Heidelberg, Germany, to instruct believers in Reformed theology.
Structured as 129 questions and answers divided into 52 sections for weekly study, it remains a foundational text in Reformed and Presbyterian churches: The Heidelberg Catechism opens by asking what our only comfort in life and death is.
- PalatinateGerman count's hereditary domain
- Lord's DayChristian day of rest
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
- Synod of DortReformed council against Arminianism
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
Apostles' Creed · comfort · sacraments · Ten Commandments · confession of faith · sanctification · Reformation · Westminster Confession · church service · providence · Protestant · memorization · liturgy · confession · covenant · Dutch · communion · creed
- CalvinismCalvinism, TULIP, predestination, total depravity, John Calvin
- catechesiscatechumen, religious education, Christian doctrine, CCD, Christian doctrines
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
- Dutch ReformedSynod of Dort, Calvinism, predestination, TULIP, total depravity
- Heidelberg
- Presbyterianpresbytery, session, Westminster Confession, General Assembly, moderator
Heidelberg CatechismCouncil of Trent
Catholic ecclesiastical congress addressing reformation
Book of Concord · sacred tradition · Augsburg Confession · Thirty-Nine Articles