HC 59

Heidelberg Catechism

Q59. But what does it help you now that you believe all this?

In Christ I am righteous before God and heir to life everlasting.

Proof texts

For discussion

  1. The Assembly cited Hab. 2:4 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
  2. 4 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?