The Baptism Form (3)

The Impurity of Our Souls Signified According to the opening statement of the Baptism form there are three principal parts to the doctrine of holy baptism. A quick survey of the Baptism form reveals that these three principal parts of baptism follow the three-fold division of the Heidelberg Catechism: how great my sins and miseries are; how I am delivered from my sins and miseries; how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance. The first principal part of the doctrine of...