Federal and Catechetical Orthodoxy: Witsius, Ursinus, Leigh and Boston

1. Lectures Listen to the lectures in order. Those marked supplementary are optional.

   • The History of the Heidelberg Catechism (Christ the Center) William Boekestein (pastor, Covenant Reformed Church, Carbondale, PA) with Camden Bucey and Jim Cassidy Open source Doctrinal Reformed Forum Reformed Forum pages state no church affiliation. To the reviewer's knowledge Waddington and Bucey are OPC ministers (American 1788 text); Ragusa's page links Messiah's Reformed Fellowship (New York); Sutanto's standing is not stated. he18 re-roled supplementary; ctc512 and ctc571 stay doctrinal because the topics...
   • Recovering the Past for Use in the Present: Richard Muller (Office Hours) Richard A. Muller (P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary) Open source History Westminster Seminary California Christian Reformed Church historian; not a subscriber in the PRD's sense. Role history; affiliation shown on the page; never the sole source for a unit (each course also has a subscriber's lecture).
   • Theology of Wilhelmus a Brakel (1st lecture of PRTS course) Bartel Elshout (Heritage Reformed Congregations) 45:22 Open source Doctrinal Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary via SermonAudio HRC subscribes the Three Forms and holds the free offer; no PRD standing note is triggered. Recorded so the build does not confuse HRC with the PRC note in PRD 4.4. No action; doctrinal role stands.

   Total: 0.8 hours

2. Reading Read in the order given. Public-domain and free texts are linked; purchases are optional and never required.

   • The Commentary of Dr. Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism (trans. G. W. Williard, 1852) Zacharias Ursinus (trans. George W. Williard) Open source Primary text 1852. Public domain
   • The Commentary of Zacharias Ursinus on the Heidelberg Catechism (1888 ed.) Zacharias Ursinus (trans. G. W. Williard) Open source Primary text 1888. Public domain
   • The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man, vol. 1 Herman Witsius (trans. William Crookshank) Open source Primary text 1803. Public domain
   • The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man, vol. 2 Herman Witsius (trans. William Crookshank) Open source Primary text 1803. Public domain
   • An Illustration of the Doctrines of the Christian Religion upon the Plan of the Assembly's Shorter Catechism, comprehending a complete body of divinity, vol. 1 Thomas Boston Open source Primary text 1796. Public domain
   • A System or Body of Divinity (London, 1654) Edward Leigh Broken link Primary text 1654. Public domain
   • Vindiciae Evangelicae, or The Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated (1655) John Owen Open source Primary text 1655. Public domain
   • Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism (Monergism PDF of the Williard text) Zacharias Ursinus Open source Supplementary 1852. Free online

3. Assignment Write a research paper of 30 pages on a topic drawn from the lectures and readings of this course. Argue from Scripture, the Westminster Standards (1647 text) and the Three Forms of Unity, cite the primary sources you read, and state the points on which the sources differ.

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Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.