Question 87

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Cannot they then be saved, who, continuing in their wicked and ungrateful lives, are not converted to God?

By no means: for the holy scripture declares that no unchaste person, idolater, adulterer, thief, covetous man, drunkard, slanderer, robber, or any such like, shall inherit the kingdom of God.^a

Proofs

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

a1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Ephesians 5:5–6; 1 John 3:14–15; Galatians 5:21

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. 87–90

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 96

Cite this

Heidelberg Catechism (1563) Q. 87, symbolics.dev/heidelberg/87

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