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HEIDELBERG CATAECHISM
XIII. LORD'S DAY.

Question 33. Why is Christ called the only begotten Son of God, . . . ?

Answer. Because Christ alone is the eternal and natural Son of God . . .

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1 (AV)

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Hebrews 1:2 (AV)




XIV. LORD'S DAY.

Question 35. What is the meaning of these words "He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary"?

Answer. That God's eternal Son, who is, and continueth true and eternal God, took upon him the very nature of man, . . . sin excepted.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14 (AV)

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Galatians 4:4 (AV)





William