Heidelberg Catechism (1563)
Section 22: Lord’s Day 22
Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus
Section 22: Lord’s Day 22
What comfort doth the “resurrection of the body” afford thee?
That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken up to Christ its head;a but also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ.b
a. Luke 23:43; Philippians 1:23
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b. 1 Corinthians 15:53; Job 19:25–26
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What comfort takest thou from the article of “life everlasting?”
That since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy,a after this life, I shall inherit perfect salvation,b which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man” to conceive! and that, to praise God therein for ever.c
a. 2 Corinthians 5:2–3, 6; Romans 14:17
2 Corinthians 5:2–3; 2 Corinthians 5:6
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b. Psalm 10:11
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c. 1 Corinthians 2:9
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