Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism
Our Heidelberg Catechism is one of the finest fruits of the Reformation, tried and proven in the furnace of affliction. Holding forth the gospel of redemption in Jesus Christ as our only comfort in life and in death, it presents, very personally and eloquently, what is necessary to know that we may live and die happily in that only comfort, …
Read MoreOur Heidelberg Heritage
Source: You Shall Be My People. Copyright © 1996 by the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States. Rev. Paul H. Treick OUR beloved Heidelberg!-this is an expression one seldom hears about a confession or a creed of the church. After all, a confession is composed of doctrines which are supposed by many to be dry and unemotional …
Read MoreBrief History – Reformed Church in Germany
Source: This chapter, which provides a short summary of the history of the RCUS, is taken from J. I. Good’s Aid to the Heidelberg Catechism. Cleveland OH: Central Publishing House, 1904. p. 224-247. It was written for Catechism students. Electronic version, © 2004, The Synod of the Reformed Church in the U.S. The Reformed Church spread from Switzerland, its birthplace, …
Read MoreBrief History – Reformation Background
Source: This chapter, which provides a short summary of the history of the RCUS, is taken from J. I. Good’s Aid to the Heidelberg Catechism. Cleveland OH: Central Publishing House, 1904. p. 224-247. It was written for Catechism students. Electronic version, © 2004, The Synod of the Reformed Church in the U.S. THE German Reformed Church has had its home …
Read MoreThe Reformed Church in Germany
Source: The Historical Handbook of the Reformed Church, 1902, James I. Good, Electronic version, © 2004, The Synod of the Reformed Church in the U.S. SWITZERLAND was too small a land to retain the Reformed faith within her borders. It spread to other lands and soon proved a blessing to all Europe. France, Holland, England, Scotland, Bohemia, Hungary, and Germany …
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