From the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation came two outstanding statements of faith: The Heidelberg Catechism (1563) and the Belgic Confession (1561). The stories behind these two historic documents are in this small book.
Frederick, a German prince, asked a preacher and a professor to meet at Heidelberg to write a statement of faith that would help teach his people the truths of the Bible. The result was the Heidelberg Catechism.
The writer of the Belgic confession was a hunted man most of his life. Originally, he wrote the confession as an appeal to the King of Spain to have mercy on the Protestants he was persecuting in the Lowlands. Not only was the request denied, but for his efforts the brilliant "heretic" de Brès was imprisoned and hanged by the Spanish invaders.
Three Men Came to Heidelberg was originally issued by the Christian Reformed Publishing House in 1963. Glorious Heretic was first published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing company in 1961.
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