An Orthodox Catechism

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus

    Question 4

    Section 2: Lord’s Day 2

    What doth the law of God require of us?

    Christ teaches us that briefly, Mat. xxii. 37—40. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and the great command; and the second is like to this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.”a

    1. a. Luke 10:27

      Luke 10:27

      10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

      10:27 He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

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    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 4

    What doth the Law of God require of us?

    Christ teaches us briefly, Mat. xxii. 37—40. That which Christ doth summarily teach us, Matthew 22:37–40. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Mind, and with all thy Strength. This is the first and the great command; Commandment; and the second is like to this, unto it, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thyself. thy self. On these two Commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 4

    What doth the law of God require of us?

    Christ teaches us that briefly, Mat. xxii. 37—40. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and the great command; and the second is like to this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.”

    An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Question 4

    What doth the Law of God require of us?

    That which Christ doth summarily teach us, Matthew 22:37–40. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Mind, and with all thy Strength. This is the first and the great Commandment; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self. On these two Commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.

    Commentaries (2)

    • Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, The Summe of Christian Religion (2 parts)

      What doth the Law of God require of vs? That doth Christ summarily teach vs, Mat. 22. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy hart, with all thy soule, with al thy minde, &…

      Zacharias Ursinus’s text

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

      What doeth the Law of God require of vs? That doth Christ teach vs summarily, Mat. 22. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with al thy heart, with all thy soule, with al thy mind, &…

      Jeremias Bastingius’s text