Heidelberg
Caspar Olevianus
A short biography of Caspar Olevianus (1536–1587), the preacher of Trier and Heidelberg who shared in the making of the Heidelberg Catechism and ended his days at Herborn.
Heidelberg Disputation (1518)
Heidelberg Disputation (1518): Luther’s theology of the cross. A concise account of the debate and its place in the Protestant Reformation.
The Geneva Catechism
Calvin's Geneva Catechism of 1541: why his first catechism failed, the decisive reordering of faith before law, the four parts, the famous first question, and its influence on the Heidelberg and Westminster catechisms.
The Heidelberg Catechism
The Heidelberg Catechism of 1563: why Frederick III commissioned it, who actually wrote it, its threefold shape of guilt, grace, and gratitude, the law placed under thanksgiving, Question 80, and its place among the Three Forms of Unity.
The Second Helvetic Confession
The Second Helvetic Confession of 1566: Bullinger's private testament that became the most widely adopted of the Continental Reformed confessions, its thirty chapters, and its great sentence on the preaching of the Word of God.
Theology of the Cross
Luther’s theology of the cross from the Heidelberg Disputation, contrasting God’s revelation in Christ crucified with the theology of glory.
Zacharias Ursinus
A short biography of Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583), pupil of Melanchthon and Vermigli, professor at Heidelberg, and principal author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
