Question 108

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What doth the seventh command teach us?

That all uncleanness is accursed of God:^a and that therefore we must with all our hearts detest the same,^b and live chastely and temperately,^c whether in holy wedlock or in a single life.^d

Proofs

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

aLeviticus 18:27
bDeuteronomy 29:20–23
c1 Thessalonians 4:3–4
dHebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:4–9

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 108–109

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 127

Cite this

Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 108, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/108

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