The Covenant ofCreation with Adam

November 2006 3 The Covenant of Creation with Adam David J. Engelsma Introduction Reformed theology has always regarded the special relation in which God stood to Adam, and Adam to God, in paradise, prior to the fall, as a covenant. Not only have all Reformed theo- logians taught a covenant in paradise, regardless whether they used the word “covenant,” but the truth of a covenant with Adam is authoritatively expressed by the Reformed confessions. Although the Heidelberg Catechism does not use...