"That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him."
- The opening question and answer of the Heidelberg Catechism (1563). The catechism was written by Caspar Olevianus (26 years of age, a preacher) and Zacharius Ursinus (28 years of age, a professor at Heidelberg University) at the request of Frederick III, a German provincial ruler, in order to promote the protestant religion, bring together the best elements of Lutheran and Reformed thought, and unify and instruct Christians.
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