Book 4/Chapter 19 Penance no sacrament (section 15) 1. What is Calvin’s restatement of his definition of a sacrament? 2. What advantage should we gain from a sacrament? Why not absolution (section 16)? 1. How does Calvin “kill these beasts in their own arena”? Return to baptism (section 17) 1. What is the sacrament of …
Catechism and Real Confirmation
Book 4/Chapter 19 On par with Donatists (section 10) 1. In what way do those who put confirmation ahead of baptism compare to the ancient Donatists? Less than dung (section 11) 1. What trivial argument does Calvin dismiss? 2. What value does Calvin place on this oil? Value from ancient times (section 12) 1. How …
No Supplement to Baptism
Book 4/Chapter 18 Laying on of hands (section 6) 1. Why must the Holy Spirit still be present in the church today? 2. Why does Calvin say that the Romanists’ laying on of hands is not the same as the apostolic practice? Anointing with oil (section 7) 1. What is Calvin’s central objection to their …
Christ the Altar
Book 4/Chapter 18 Sacrifices of praise (section 17) 1. How does Calvin demonstrate that it is legitimate to understand “sacrifice” as an offering of praise? 2. Where do we lay our gifts? Filth in a golden cup (section 18) 1. What does Calvin compare the abomination of the Mass to? 2. What does the Mass …
A Case of Boxed Fruit on Your Doorstep
R.C. Sproul has written a few words to explain why he did not sign the Manhattan Declaration, and you may find those words here. On the other end of the spectrum, Al Mohler has explained in this place why he did sign it. I am with Sproul when it comes to his statement that he …
Two Kinds of Sacrifice
Book 4/Chapter 18 Two kinds (section 13) 1. There are two kinds of sacrifice. What are they? 2. What does he call them? Done for money (section 14) 1. What outrage is added to the doctrinal blasphemies of the Mass? Plato’s ridicule (section 15) 1. What practice does Plato mock? Under thanksgiving (section 16) 1. …
A Sacrifice of Praise
Book 4/Chapter 18 The Mass not primitive (section 9) 1. Is there any such use of the Supper in the ancient church? 2. What must the Mass-doctors do? Detached sentences (section 10) 1. How can support for the Mass be found in the ancient authors? 2. What do the ancient writers do? A small fault …
Bloodless or Bloody Sacrifice?
Book 4/Chapter 18 Language of sacrifice (section 4) 1. How does Calvin handle the argument that the prophets spoke of the new covenant era in terms of “sacrificing”? Bloodless or bloody? (section 5) 1. What other negative effect does the Mass have? 2. How does it do this? 3. How does Calvin answer the claim …
Major and Minor
Yesterday Dr. David Field gave the final Calvin lecture in NSA’s commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of that great reformer. And what a lecture it was — the video will be available on line sometime, and I will let you know when and where. In the meantime, the lecture jabbed some thoughts …
Table or Altar
Book 4/Chapter 18 Sacrilege (section 1) 1. Is the sacrifice of the Mass a profanation of the Supper? 2. Why is it this? 3. What does this do to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross? The immortal priest (section 2) 1. What does the immortality of Christ mean? 2. What do men on earth, …