Zacharias Ursinus
Born
June 18, 1534
Died
May 06, 1583
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“Q. What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with his precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, wherefore by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him”
― Heidelberg Catechism
― Heidelberg Catechism
“This, therefore, is that christian comfort, spoken of in this question of the catechism, which is an only and solid comfort, both in life and death--a comfort consisting in the assurance of the free remission of sin, and of reconciliation with God, by and on account of Christ, and a certain expectation of eternal life, impressed upon the heart by the holy Spirit through the gospel, so that we have no doubt but that we are the property of Christ, and are beloved of God for his sake, and saved forever, according to the declaration of the Apostle Paul:”
― Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on, The Heidelberg Catechism
― Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on, The Heidelberg Catechism
“The substance of our comfort therefore is briefly this--That we are Christ's, and through him reconciled to the Father, that we may be beloved of him and saved, the Holy Ghost and eternal life being given unto us.”
― Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on, The Heidelberg Catechism
― Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on, The Heidelberg Catechism