Heidelberg Catechism
Monday, February 17, 2014 at 5:56PM
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Question 23. What are these articles [of our catholic and undoubted Christian faith]?

Answer: 

  1. I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 
  2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord; 
  3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; 
  4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell. 
  5. The third day he rose again from the dead.
  6. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; 
  7. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
  8. I believe in the Holy Spirit; 
  9. I believe a holy catholic church, the communion of saints; 
  10. The forgiveness of sins;
  11. The resurrection of the body;
  12. And the life everlasting.
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