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

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

By: Lyle D. Bierma, Charles D. Gunnoe, Karin Maag

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Baker / 2005 / Paperback

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A full-scale investigation of this pivotal work in terms of authorship, historical background, socio-political origins, and theology. Includes for the first time translations of two important sources---Zacharias Ursinus's Smaller and Larger Catechism---plus a bibliography of research since 1900. 240 pages, softcover. Baker.

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Title: An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism: Sources, History, and Theology
By: Lyle D. Bierma, Charles D. Gunnoe, Karin Maag
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Baker
Publication Date: 2005

Dimensions: 9.0 X 6.0 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0801031176
ISBN-13: 9780801031175
Series: Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought
Stock No: WW031176

Publisher's Description

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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 Bio

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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.