Originally Posted by Guido's Brother

I'll grant that there is more emphasis on the life of Christ in the Westminster Standards, but to say that the Heidelberg Catechism completely neglects it is not accurate. I can agree that the WS complements the TFU on this point.

I think it's worth noting that the Heidelberg Catechism insists that his whole life was characterized by suffering. Ursinus elaborates in his Large Catechism, "Christ sustained all sorts of misery and pain in soul as well as body, not only in the final act of our redemption in which he was arrested and crucified, but also all the way from his mother's womb to the tomb." His perfect life of active obedience is considered later in the Catechism in connection with justification.