The Triple Knowledge: An Exposition of the Heidelberg Catechism

by Herman Hoeksema

The Reformed faith and walk is set forth beautifully in this fine exposition of the fifty-two Lord's Days of the Heidelberg Catechism. Three volumes, constituting the most extensive commentary on the catechism in English, may well be Hoeksema's greatest work. In the contents of these books one will find all the distinctive truths of the Reformed faith clearly and biblically expounded, and sharply set forth against the lie. The author, being a strong preacher of God's sovereign grace and unconditional covenant of friendship, expounds the doctrines of Scripture in a warm and personal way so that the child of God who meditates upon these pages sees more and more how these glorious truths are, indeed, his "only comfort in life and death." Vol 1. covers the introduction and Lord's Day 1 to Lord's Day 16.

710 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Herman Hoeksema (1886-1965), a Dutch Reformed theologian, was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to the USA in 1904. After studying at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he began his ministerial career in the Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids - at that time one of the largest reformed congregations in the United States.

Hoeksema was one of the principal founders of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC). Founded as a separate denomination of Reformed churches in 1924, the PRC stand in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Their origin as a denomination was the doctrinal controversy over "common grace" within the Christian Reformed Church in the early 1920s, occasioned by that church's adoption of the doctrine of common grace as official church dogma. The result of the controversy was that several ministers with their congregations were put out of the Christian Reformed Church. These men then established the Protestant Reformed Churches.

The newly-formed PRC denomination established the Protestant Reformed Seminary where Hoeksema served as professor of theology for 40 years.

Reviews

[Isaac · Rating 4 out of 5]

To anyone using the Heidelberg Catechism for teaching, these volumes will prove a highly useful aid to stimulating meditation upon its contents. I don't think Hoeksema gets everything right (who does?), but he's a pretty darned good sparring partner for coming to grips with the contents of this important reformed standard.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Credo, ergo confiteor"
"I believe, therefore I confess"

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a blessing! I highly recommend this book on Prayer!