Clause 7
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
Related (2)
An Orthodox Catechism (1680), which expounds this clause
Question 51
What Comfort hast thou by the coming of Christ again to judge the quick and the dead?
That in all my Miseries and Persecutions, I look with my Head lifted up, for the very same who before yielded himself unto the Judgment of God for me, and took away all Malediction from me, to come Judge from Heaven to throw all his and my Enemies into everlasting Pains; but to translate me with all his chosen unto himself, into Celestiall Joys, and everlasting Glory.
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), which expounds this clause
Question 52
What comfort is it to thee that “Christ shall come again to judge the quick and the dead?”
That in all my sorrows and persecutions, with uplifted head I look for the very same person, who before offered himself for my sake, to the tribunal of God, and hath removed all curse from me, to come as judge from heaven: who shall cast all his and my enemies into everlasting condemnation, but shall translate me with all his chosen ones to himself, into heavenly joys and glory.
Commentaries (4)
Caspar Olevianus, 1581, An Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles (2 parts)
That the kingdome of Christ is offered vnto vs in the Articles of our faith; and that the faithfull are partakers of it, whilest they liue here It is certaine, that there are two…
Caspar Olevianus’s text
William Perkins, 1595, An Exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles
Thus much of the highest degree of Christs exaltation in his kingdome: now followeth the last point to be beleeued concerning Christ, in these words, From thence he shall come to…
William Perkins’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (2 parts)
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 52, which expounds this clause
What comfort hast thou by the comming againe of Christ to iudge the quicke and dead? That in all my miseries and persecutions I looke, with my head lifted vp, for the verie same,…
Zacharias Ursinus’s text
Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 52, which expounds this clause
THE ARGVMENT. Christes comming againe to iudgement. 2 The fruit or comfort thereof. What comfort dooth Christes comming againe to judge the quicke and the dead bring to thee? That…
Jeremias Bastingius’s text