Clause 8
I believe in the holy Ghost;
Related (2)
An Orthodox Catechism (1680), which expounds this clause
Question 52
What believest thou concerning the Holy Ghost?
First, that He is true and Coeternal God, with the eternal Father, and the Son; secondly, that he is also given unto me, to make me, through a true Faith, Partaker of Christ and all his Benefits, to comfort me, and to abide with me for ever.
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), which expounds this clause
Question 53
What dost thou believe concerning the Holy Ghost?
First, that he is true and co-eternal God with the Father and the Son: secondly, that he is also given me, to make me by a true faith, partaker of Christ and all his benefits, that he may comfort me and abide with me for ever.
Commentaries (4)
Caspar Olevianus, 1581, An Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles (3 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
Now hauing spoken hitherto of the first person the father, and also of the sonne, it followeth in the next place to speake of the third person, in these words, J beleeue in the…
William Perkins’s text
Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (2 parts)
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 53, which expounds this clause
What beleeuest thou concerning the holy-ghost? First, that he is true and coeternall God with the eternal father & the Son: Secondly, that he is also giuen vnto mee to make mee…
Zacharias Ursinus’s text
Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use
On Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 53, which expounds this clause
THE ARGVMENT. Of the holy Ghost, true, and euerlasting God, with the Father and the Son, and of his office, or working, and effects in vs. What beleeuest thou of the holy Ghost?…
Jeremias Bastingius’s text