Question 36

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What profit dost thou receive by Christ’s holy conception and nativity?

That he is our mediator;^a and with his innocence and perfect holiness, covers in the sight of God, my sins, wherein I was conceived and brought forth!^b

Proofs

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

aHebrews 2:16–17
bPsalm 32:1; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 8:34

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. 35–36
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 35, 36, 47, 48

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 35
Apostles’ Creed 3

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