![]() The Catechism was soon divided into fifty-two sections, so that a section of the Catechism could be explained to the churches each Sunday of the year. A second and third German edition, each with some small additions, as well as a Latin translation were published in Heidelberg in the same year. ![]() The Heidelberg Catechism was adopted by a Synod in Heidelberg and published in German with a preface by Frederick III, dated January 19, 1563. Frederick obtained the advice and cooperation of the entire theological faculty in the preparation of the Catechism. This pious Christian prince commissioned Zacharius Ursinus, twenty-eight years of age and professor of theology at the Heidelberg University, and Caspar Olevianus, twenty-six years old and Frederick's court preacher, to prepare a catechism for instructing the youth and for guiding pastors and teachers. ![]() The Heidelberg Catechism was written in Heidelberg at the request of Elector Frederick III, ruler of the most influential German province, the Palatinate, from 1559 to 1576. (This version authorized by the Canadian and American Reformed Churches) Introduction ![]()
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