...best and choicest of the Creeds to which the Reformation era gave rise ; specially notable, at once, for its freedom from the controversial spirit of the...age, and for the high tone of spiritual experience which it depicts. The successors of Frederick III. did not all adhere to the Reformed doctrine and...

...best and choicest of the creeds to which the Reformation era gave rise : specially notable, at once, for its freedom from the controversial spirit of the...age, and for the high tone of spiritual experience which it depicts."* This catechism takes its name from the city of Heidelberg on the Neckar, in Germany,...