The Belgic Confession: A Commentary, (Volume 1), by David J. Engelsma. Reviewed by Rev. Nathan J. Langerak.
This review examines David J. Engelsma's commentary on the Belgic Confession, exploring the historical context of Guido De Bres's 1561 confession written during the persecution of Reformed believers in the Spanish-ruled Low Countries. The review provides valuable insight into the confessional heritage and martyrological context that shaped Reformed theology and identity in the Dutch Reformed tradition.
The Belgic Confession: A Commentary, (Volume 1), by David J. Engelsma. Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2018. 348 pp. $31.95, hardcover. [Reviewed by Rev. Nathan J. Langerak.] The author of the Belgic Confession and Reformed pastor, Guido De Bres, wrote the Confession in 1561 in part as an apology for the Reformed faith, seeking to relieve confessors of that faith who were brutally persecuted at that time in the Low Countries, then under Spanish rule. The ruler of the Low...
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