Affirmative (RESOLVED:—That Heidelberg Catechism Preaching is Ministry of the Word)

Affirmative. Three hundred years ago our Reformed fathers, in synodical session at Dordrecht, ordained that once each Sunday the sermon material should be based on a Lord's Day of our Heidelberg Catechism instead of on the Word of God directly. Did they err in so decreeing? Was it wisdom on their part, to lead the church of many ages in this direction? Does the preaching of the Catechism provide the church of Christ with what she needs to have light on her way and to grow in the grace and...