Heidelberg Q6
Source: Heidelberg Catechism (1563) (Q6 · Lord's Day 3) · catechism
Did God create man thus wicked and perverse?
No, but God created man good and after his own image, that is, in true righteousness and holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him, and live with him in eternal blessedness, to praise and glorify him.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Original German 1563 — Ursinus & Olevianus, Elector Frederick III
- translation: Original Latin 1563 — published alongside German
- critical_edition: Heidelberg Catechism — critical edition with proof texts
- republication: CCEL — Heidelberg Catechism
- republication: CRCNA / RCA — Heidelberg Catechism with Q&A numbering
- proof_text: Scripture proof texts in the original 1563 edition
Connections
- proof_text → card_n_3537b1964287
- proof_text → card_n_ed5cb393ee3d
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- proof_text → card_n_6e218f8125c0