Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus
Section 2: Lord’s Day 2
Whence knowest thou thy misery?
Out of the law of God.a
Romans 3:20
3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
3:20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
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Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 3
Whence knowest thou thy misery?
Out of the law of God.
Whence knowest thou thy miserie? Ovt of the law of God.
THE ARGVMENT. 1. Of mans miserie, that is, of sinne, & whereby it is knowne. 2. How greate our debt is. 3. Of our inhabilitie to pay it. How doest thou know thine own miserie? By…
