This catechism, first published in 1680, is a Particular (i.e., seventeenth-century Calvinistic) Baptist revision of the Heidelberg Catechism. The editors slightly revised the original for modern use.
The book includes the original Preface by Collins, a Foreword by James M. Renihan, and an Introduction by Michael Haykin and G. Stephen Weaver, Jr.
Here are the chapter titles from the table of contents:
Acknowledgements
Preface by Hercules Collins
Foreword by James M. Renihan
Introduction by Michael A. G. Haykin and G. Stephen Weaver, Jr.
General Introduction and The First Part: Of Man’s Misery
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (Introductory Questions)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (God the Father)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (God the Son)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (God the Holy Spirit)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (The Sacraments)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (Baptism)
The Second Part: Of Man’s Redemption (The Lord’s Supper)
The Third Part: Of Man’s Thankfulness (Introductory Questions)
The Third Part: Of Man’s Thankfulness (The Law of God)
The Third Part: Of Man’s Thankfulness (Prayer)
The Nicene and Athanasian Creeds
Orthodox Catechism, An is in the following collections:
