The Heidelberg Catechism: Its History, Character, and Value

Rev. Kleyn is pastor of Trinity Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. In this column I plan to comment, Lord's Day by Lord's Day, on the Heidelberg Catechism. As an introduction, in this article, I will write on the history, character, and value of the Catechism, but in reverse order. To see the value of the Catechism, we must first understand the value of having "creeds" in a confessing Reformed church. The Heidelberg Catechism is one of the three creeds that constitute our...