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A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use

Question 41

On Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 41

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Wherefore was he also buried?

That hee might, thereby make it knowne that he was truelie dead.a

The vse

So often as we heare the buriall of Christ spoken off, we are thereby put in mind, of the sanctifying of our graues, that they are now no more pittes, wherein the cast bodies of men dye and consume to nothing, but chests and chambers, wherein men are laid vp and safelie kept, against the resurrection that shall surelie come.b

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aActs 13:29; Matthew 27:60; Luke 23:53; John 19:38
  2. bIsaiah 57:6

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