Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 27

Question 72

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Is then the external baptism with water, the washing away of sin itself?

Not at all: for the blood of Jesus Christ only,^a and the Holy Ghost, cleanse us from all sin.^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. 69–74

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 77

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Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 72, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/72

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