Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 27
Question 73
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Why then doth the Holy Ghost call baptism “the washing of regeneration,” and “the washing away of sins?”
God speaks thus not without great cause, to wit, not only thereby to teach us, that as the filth of the body is purged away by water, so our sins are removed by the blood and spirit of Jesus Christ;a but especially, that by this divine pledge and sign he may assure us, that we are spiritually cleansed from our sins as really, as we are externally washed with water.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
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