Question 14

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Can there be found anywhere, one who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us?

None; for first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man hath committed;^a and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin, so as to deliver others from it.^b

Proofs

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

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. 12–18
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 12–14

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 14

Cite this

Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 14, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/14

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