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 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.