This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Debate Over Heidelberg Catechism and Papist Mass
The text records a dispute among deputies in a diet about religious doctrine. It cites a Heidelberg Catechism passage contrasting the Lord's Supper with Papist Mass, condemning transubstantiation and accusing Mass of blasphemy and idolatry. It notes Elector Palatine's mandate permitting reform subjects to use the catechism printed without royal arms or privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zafer
Jesus Christ
God the Fither
Elector Palatine