An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism: Sources, History, Theology by Bierma

An INTRODUCTION to the HEIDELBERG CATECHISM:

Sources, History and Theology

With a Translation of the Smaller and Larger Catechisms of Zacharias Ursinus

By Lyle D. Bierma

Baker Academic

Copyright 2005

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 9780801031175

Softcover book, trade paper

6 x 9 inches

223 pages

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About the book:

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.

This book is in very good condition. No marks are observed, no owner’s name. The binding is very good and tight. The cover has minimal if any shelf/edge wear.