Excerpt from Tercentenary Monument: In Commemoration of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism The Essays contained in this volume, having been specially prepared for the purpose by Reformed theo logians of Germany, Holland, and America, in pur suance of arrangements previously made by the highest judicatories of the German Reformed Church in the United States, were read before a General Convention of the Church, held in Philadelphia, January 17 - 23, 1863, in honor of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism. A full account of this Ter centenary Commemoration will be found in the History of the Convention which forms the introductory part of the book. The whole is now published under the supervision of the Committee of Arrangements, by Synod ical order, and in conformity also with a resolution of the Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.