We must recognize and honor the Holy Spirit as co-eternal God with the Father and the Son, not least because -it is impossible to worship the Son, save by the Holy Ghost- impossible to call upon the Father, save by the Spirit of adoption.- -Basil of Caesarea-

The reality of legal and mystical union with Christ means that we died with Him on the cross, that He lives in us, and therefore we live by faith in Him.

William Farel's 1529 -Summary- joins the Heidelberg Catechism in viewing Christ's return to judgment as a positive and comforting event for the believer.

Wisdom requires holding onto the brevity and vanity of life, without losing our ability to enjoy it.

The Heidelberg Catechism reflects, adapts, and expands on Calvin's Catechism from 1545 in explaining three benefits of Christ's ascension.

Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 17 is in agreement with Ulrich Zwingli and the Zurich reformation, that since Christ's physical body is in heaven, it cannot also be here on earth- even after the resurrection, the Lord Jesus possesses a genuine human nature.

Without personal loyalty to the Lord of Truth, the light of truth will slip away.

What should we do when life does not make sense- We should neither close our eyes to moral anomalies nor forget what we know- we should not let all enjoyment be consumed by outrage- we should accept the limitations of our knowledge- and we should see that in Christ God overcame the contradictions by transcending them.

God did not withhold his own Son from us, but gave him to us and delivered him for us into the hands of sinners and the outraged law of God.