A Missing Dimension of European Influence on English Protestantism: The Heidelberg Catechism and the Church of England, 1563–1663

Milton, Anthony

doi:10.1080/14622459.2018.1530672

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“…He complained about "the number of ignorant Catechismes set out in Scotland, by everie one that was the Sonne of a Good man; insomuch as, that which was Catechisme doctrine in one congregation, was in another scarsely accepted as sound and Orthodox." Quoted (Milton 2018, ■■). A less-biassed modern observer also detected "individualism and reluctance to be tied to a standard version … a uniform scheme of instruction …with the same theology" (Donaldson 1990, 75-76).…”

Section: Summary Texts In Scotland Illustrative Of Reformed Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Reformed Theology in Confessions and Catechisms to c.1620

Hazlett¹

2019

The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I

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After initial discussion of some problematical aspects in the adoption of Reformed theology in Scotland, this chapter will identify, describe, and evaluate Scottish confessions of faith, catechisms, and other pedagogic texts in the Reformation era from 1560 to c.1620. In doing this, it will firstly characterize the relatively diverse nature of European Reformed theology and confessional statements from which Scottish manifestations derive, and then assess them individually in the light of that wider tradition including the emerging covenant theology. In addition, the chapter will suggest that the most formative confessions and catechisms for theologians in Scotland were not so much the domestic ones as the major productions from elsewhere and used commonly in the Reformed world. It will also demonstrate that in the Scottish confessional and catechetical texts the directly formative influence is Calvin, while acknowledging ideas associated with Zurich, Heidelberg, and Dort.

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Section: Summary Texts In Scotland Illustrative Of Reformed Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%