Question 4

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What doth the law of God require of us?

Christ teaches us that briefly, Mat. xxii. 37—40. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and the great command; and the second is like to this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.”^a

Proofs

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

aLuke 10:27

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. 3–5

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 4

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Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 4, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/4

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