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Zacharias Ursinus (18 July 1534 – 6 May 1583) was a sixteenth-century German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). He became the leading theologian of the Reformed Protestant movement of the Palatinate, serving both at the University of Heidelberg and the College of Wisdom ( Collegium Sapientiae ).
ZACHARIAS URSINUS ON THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, BY THE REV. G. W. WILLIARD, D. D. FOURTH AMERICAN EDITION CINCINNATI: ELM STREET PRINTING COMPANY, 1888. TABLE OF CONTENTS THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE INTRODUCTION GENERAL PROLEGOMENA What the doctrine of the church is What the parts of this doctrine are, with their ...
Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583) was born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland). Like all young scholars of his era, he gave himself a Latin name; he chose Ursus, meaning bear. He is best known as a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg and the coauthor, with Caspar Olevianus, of the Heidelberg Catechism, included in Historic Creeds and Confessions .
This remark is particularly appropriate in looking at the figure of Zacharius Ursinus, the main author of the Heidelberg Catechism and one of the founding fathers of the German reformed tradition. Most previous analysis has been focused on his growing sympathy with the teaching of Calvin in the period prior to his open adoption of the reformed cause following the death of Melanchthon.
Zacharias Ursinus (1534-1583), a sixteenth century German theologian, born Zacharias Baer in Breslau (now Wroc?aw, Poland). Like all young scholars of that era he gave himself a Latin name from ursus , meaning bear. He is best known as a professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg and co-author with Caspar Olevianus (1536-1587) of the ...
A reforming theologian, Ursinus was born Breslau in 1534 and studied at Wittenberg from 1550 to 1557. He then moved to Geneva for further study and from there took a teaching post in his native city of Breslau. His doctrine of the Lord's Supper led to his dismissal from Breslau in 1559. But in 1561, thanks to his mentor Peter Martyr Vermigli ...
1 de jun. de 1985 · Ursinus was the co-author of the 16th century Heidelberg Catechism. I especially appreciated one of the introductory chapters that defends and explains the Biblical purpose of catechizing. Currently, Ursinus is much mined for his views regarding the imputation of the "active obedience of Christ" to believers (especially Questions 60 & 61).
