Zacharias Ursinus

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16th-century theologian German person Reformed theologian human theologian

Zacharias Ursinus was a 16th-century German Reformed theologian and key architect of Reformed doctrine, best known for his central role in composing the Heidelberg Catechism.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century theologian → German person → Reformed theologian → human → theologian →
appointedBy	Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate →
birthDate	1534-07-18 →
birthName	Zacharias Baer →
birthPlace	Breslau → Silesia → Wrocław →
burialPlace	Neustadt an der Weinstraße NERFINISHED →
citizenship	Holy Roman Empire →
coAuthorOf	Heidelberg Catechism →
confessionalAlignment	Reformed →
deathDate	1583-03-06 →
deathPlace	Electoral Palatinate → Neustadt an der Haardt → Neustadt an der Weinstraße NERFINISHED →
educatedAt	University of Wittenberg →
ethnicity	German →
fieldOfWork	Reformed confessional theology → catechetics → dogmatic theology →
influenced	Continental Reformed theology → Dutch Reformed churches → German Reformed churches →
influencedBy	Heinrich Bullinger → John Calvin → Philip Melanchthon →
knownFor	central role in composing the Heidelberg Catechism → systematizing Reformed doctrine in catechetical form →
languageOfWork	German → Latin →
latinizedName	Zrsinus →
movement	Reformed tradition →
name	Zacharias Ursinus →
notableWork	Heidelberg Catechism →
occupation	clergyman → professor of theology →
opposed	Lutheran ubiquitarianism →
religion	Reformed Christianity →
studentOf	Philip Melanchthon →
theologicalTradition	Calvinism →
workedAt	Collegium Sapientiae in Heidelberg → Neustadt an der Haardt academy → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED →
wrote	Catechesis minor → Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism → Corpus doctrinae christianae →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Heidelberg Catechism →	author
Zacharias Ursinus →	name