Confession or to the Heidelberg Catechism, that are our stricter formularies of consent.”14 In his Declaration of Sentiments that same year, he challenged anyone to prove that he had ever made doctrinal pronouncements that were “contrary to God’s Word or to the Confession and Catechism of the Belgic Churches.”15 Arminius lived and died loyal to the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession of Faith. It is hard to believe that one could consistently lie both in public statements and in published