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The Apostles’ Creed in the Reformed Catechisms

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Danny Hyde in Book Reviews

In some form or fashion, the Reformed catechisms of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries exposited the basic summary of Christian doctrine known as the Apostles’ Creed whether by reciting the Creed in the text of the catechism (e.g., Genevan Catechism, Heidelberg Catechism) or expositing the doctrines but not mentioning the Creed per se (e.g., Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms). If you would like to see how these four Reformed catechisms divide and exposit the Creed in what I hope is a helpful chart, I’ve uploaded a .pdf here. Incidentally, this material comes from my preparation for a course I am teaching at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in August on “The Theology of the Patristic Creeds.” For info on that course, go here.