LOL. None of the Calvinistic confessions is anywhere near as long and convoluted as the RCC catechism.
And unlike the RCC catechism, everything I posted in my comment, including Calvin's comments and the Heidelberg Catechism, was predicated on Scripture.
Anyone who actually reads the post can see that.
We are called to study the word of God so that we can preach it correctly...
But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. And their word will eat as doth a canker" -- 2 Timothy 2:15-17"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If something isn't founded on the word of God, such as the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption of Mary, the praying to saints, the perpetual offering of the mass, purgatory, limbo, transubstantion, then it isn't worth very much at all.
Notice how you do not deal with the problem I pointed out, but instead point your finger at the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church does not claim to teach sola scriptura or perspicuity, so it is no contradiction for the Catholic Church to have a long and detailed catechism. But for Calvinists, on the other hand, who claim to believe in sola scriptura and the perspicuity of Scripture, the constant appeals to Calvin and the Calvinist catechisms and confessions is a serious problem.
-A8