Heidelberg Catechism · Lord’s Day 3

Question 8

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Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good, and inclined to all wickedness?

Indeed we are;^a except we are regenerated by the spirit of God.^b

Proofs

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

aGenesis 6:5; Job 14:4; 15:14, 16
bJohn 3:5; Ephesians 2:5

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. 5, 7, 8, 10
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 8–9

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 8

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Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 8, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/8

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