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 | The Heidelberg Catechism
 | Elector
Frederick III commissioned Zacharias Ursinus, professor at
Heidelberg University, and Caspar Olevianus, the court preacher, to
prepare a manual for catechetical instruction.
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| Canons of Dordt
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They were composed by an
ecclesiastical assembly,
and
are the expression of the Synod's judgment concerning the
Five Points of the Remonstrance; namely
1) maintaining the truths of sovereign predestination,
2) particular atonement,
3) total depravity,
4) irresistible grace, and
5) perseverance of saints.
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| Belgic Confession
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Confession was written primarily as a testimony to the Spanish king
to prove that the Reformed believers were not rebels, as was
charged, but law-abiding citizens who professed only those doctrines
which were the teachings of Holy Scripture. |
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