The Hidden Treasure of Catechisms

assembly-of-divines-667x1024Episode 95 centers on a discussion of the hidden treasure of catechisms. In this episode, there are lookbacks to their history and development, especially in the era of the early Reformation. Lastly, this episode stresses the importance and value today of those Reformation-era catechisms in assisting us in our lives in Christ in an age of biblical illiteracy.

Click on the link below to bring up an online version of the catechism:

Luther’s Small Catechism

Luther’s Large Catechism

Heidelberg Catechism

Westminster Small Catechism

Westminster Larger Catechism

Link to Episode 52 which discussed the Heidelberg Catechism

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Heidelberg Catechism

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In Episode 52, we will be exploring the 16th century Heidelberg Catechism.

A link to the Heidelberg Catechism on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library is here.

A link to a free downloadable pdf of the Heidelberg Catechism, available from the United Reformed Church of North America, is here.

A free app from Westminster Seminary California in the Apple App Store can be found here. It contains the texts of Heidelberg Catechism, several creeds (Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian) as well as other historical confessions of faith (Westminster).

Picture is the cover of a 1563 printing of the Heidelberg Catechism.

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