An Aid to Interpreting the Heidelberg Catechism
Caspar Olevianus
Translated and Edited
by Lyle D. Bierma
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Olevian, Caspar, 1536–1587 [Vester Grundt. English] A firm foundation: an aid to interpreting the Heidelberg Catechism / Caspar Olevianus; translated and edited by Lyle D. Bierma. p. cm.—(Texts and studies in Reformation and post-Reformation thought; v. 1) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8010-2022-0 (pbk.) 1. Heidelberger Katechismus. 2. Reformed Church—Catechisms—Early works to 1800. 3. Reformed Church—Doctrines—Early works to 1800. 4. Covenants—Religious aspects—Reformed Church—Early works to 1800. I. Bierma, Lyle D. II. Title. III. Series. BX9428.04413 1995 238′.42—dc20 95-12360 |
British Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data are on file at the British Library.
ISBN 0-85364-701-1
Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought
General Editor
Prof. Richard A. Muller, Calvin Theological Seminary
Editorial Board
Prof. A. N. S. Lane, London Bible College
Prof. Susan E. Schreiner, University of Chicago
Prof. David C. Steinmetz, Duke University
Prof. John L. Thompson, Fuller Theological Seminary
Prof. Timothy Wengert, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Prof. Henry Zwaanstra, Calvin Theological Seminary
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The heritage of the Reformation is of profound importance to the church in the present day. Yet there remain many significant gaps in our knowledge of the intellectual development of Protestantism in the sixteenth century and there are not a few myths about the theology of the Protestant orthodox writers of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These gaps and myths, frequently caused by ignorance of the scope of a particular thinker’s work, by negative theological judgments passed on the theology of the Reformers or their successors by later generations, or by an intellectual imperialism of the present that singles out some thinkers and ignores others regardless of their relative ...
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About A Firm Foundation: An Aid to Interpreting the Heidelberg CatechismThis commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism offers comfort from God’s Word in our troubled times. In this edition, Olevianus comments on the Lord’s Days 5 through 24. This study—aimed towards pastors, students, and laypeople—is edited by one of the most competent scholars on this subject. |
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