Question 55

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What do you understand by “the communion of saints?”

First, that all and every one who believes, being members of Christ, are in common, partakers of him, and of all his riches and gifts:^a secondly, that every one must know it to be his duty, readily and cheerfully to employ his gifts, for the advantage and salvation of other members.^b

Proofs

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

aJohn 1:3–4; Romans 8:32; 1 Corinthians 12:13
b1 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 2:4–6

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. 54–55

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 54
Apostles’ Creed 9

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Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 55, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/55

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