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The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism is unavailable, but you can change that!

The volume was put together from his lectures on the Catechism in Neustadt, Germany—lectures which he edited and prepared for publication, although the final publication was completed in 1584, posthumously. This version contains an introduction from the translator, a general prolegomena with reference to the catechism of the Christian religion, and a special prolegomena with reference to the...

I. What is faith? II. Of how many kinds of faith do the Scriptures speak? III. In what does faith differ from hope? IV. What are the efficient causes of justifying faith? V. What are the effects of faith? VI. To whom is it given? I. WHAT IS FAITH? The word faith, according to Cicero, is derived from fiendo, which signifies doing, because that which is declared is performed. It is, according to him, the assurance, and truth of contracts, and of whatever may be spoken, and is the foundation of
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