An Orthodox Catechism

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

    Question 29

    Section 11: Lord’s Day 11

    Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is a Saviour?

    Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our sins;a and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other.b

    1. a. Matthew 1:21

      Matthew 1:21

      1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

      1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins."

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    2. b. Acts 4:12

      Acts 4:12

      4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

      4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

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    Changes in An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 28

    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 28

    Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

    Because he saveth us and delivereth us from our sins; and likewise, because we ought not to seek, can find salvation in neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be found.

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 29

    Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is a Saviour?

    Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our sins; and likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other.

    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 28

    Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour?

    Because he saveth us from our sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be found.

    Related (1)

    Apostles’ Creed, which this question expounds

    Clause 2

    And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,

    Commentaries (4)

    • Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (3 parts)

      Why is the Sonne of God called Jesus, that is, a Sauiour? Because he saueth vs from al our sinnes: Neither ought any safety to bee sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be…

      Zacharias Ursinus’s text

    • Jeremias Bastingius, 1591, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

      THE ARGVMENT. He commeth nowe to handle the second part of the Creede, of the Sonne of God, and of our redemption, and first is declared the meaning of the name Iesus, and they…

      Jeremias Bastingius’s text

    • Caspar Olevianus, 1581, An Exposition of the Symbole of the Apostles (6 parts)

      On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 2, which this question expounds

      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

      On Apostles’ Creed, Clause 2, which this question expounds

      Thus much of the permission of the fall of man: Nowe we come to the Couenant of grace. Which is nothing else but a compact made betweene God and man touching reconciliation and…

      William Perkins’s text