Tercentenary monument
By: in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the Heidelberg catechism
Publisher: M. Kieffer & Co.; A.D.F. Randolph
Published: 1863
Place of publication: Chambersburg, PA; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 574
Subjects: Heidelberger Katechismus
Notes: "The essays contained in this volume ... were read before a general convention of the church, held in Philadelphia, January 17-23, 1863, in honor of the three hundredth anniversary of the Heidelberg catechism"--Preface.
Table of contents: title: Historical introduction / S.R. Fisher and L.H. Steiner: Preparation for the tercentenary convention. Proceedings of tercentenary convention, with sketches of addresses; title: Theological, historical and biographical essays: Opening sermon / S.R. Fisher. Undying life in Christ / J.W. Nevin. The city and University of Heidelberg / C.B. Hundeshagen; tr. by T.C. Porter. The Swiss reformers / Dr. Herzog; tr. by H. Harbaugh. Melancthon, and the Melancthonian tendency in Germany, and its relation to the Reformed church / Dr. Ebrard; tr. by W.M. Reily. Sketches from the history of the Heidelberg catechism in the land of its birth / C. Ullmann; tr. by J.W. Nevin. A brief history of the Heidelberg catechism in the Netherlands / G.D.J. Schotel; tr. by H. Harbaugh. Frederick III, elector of the Palatinate / B.S. Schneck. The authors of the Heidelberg catechism / T.C. Porter. Creed and cultus: with special reference to the relation of the Heidelberg catechism to the Palatinate liturgy / H. Harbaugh. The genius and mission of the German Reformed church, in relation to the Lutheran church and to those branches of the Reformed church which are not German / Theodore Appel. The organic structure of the Heidelberg catechism / T.G. Apple. The theological system in which the Heidelberg catechism rests, the kind of religious life it cultivates, and the theory of practical religion which it assumes / M. Kieffer. The Heidelberg catechism in its relation to other confessions / E.V. Gerhart. The Heidelberg catechism in the Reformed church of Holland and America / Thomas De Witt. The authority of the Heidelberg catechism / G.B. Russel. The educational system of religion underlying the Heidelberg catechism / D. Gans. Catechetics and catechetical instruction / B. Bausman. The fortunes of the Heidelberg catechism in the United States / J.H.A. Bomberger. The history of the theological seminary of the German Reformed church in its relation to the Heidelberg catechism / B.C. Wolff.