The Heidelberg Catechism’s Grand Theme
November 2013 65 Irenic/Polemic Nature of the Heidelberg Catechism athlete, “strive lawfully” to obtain the prize (II Tim. 2:5). We must understand that “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12). The believer’s holy war in this world and perfect peace in the next is part and parcel of His being a “Christian,” that is, “a partaker of [Christ’s]...