Book 4/Chapter 17 Not brought down (section 31) 1. Are we fed by Christ’s body through Him coming down from Heaven in any way? A secret too lofty (section 32) 1. Does Calvin claim to comprehend this mystery? 2. What teaching does Calvin emphatically reject? What unbelievers receive (section 33) 1. What do inquisitive men …
The Error of Ubiquity
Book 4/Chapter 17 A Lutheran error (section 29) 1. What error of Servetus is adopted in order to make it possible for Christ’s body to be everywhere? 2. What is Calvin’s central objection to this notion? 3. How does Calvin explain Stephen and Paul seeing Christ? Ubiquity of the body (section 30) 1. What does …
The Ascension and the Supper
Book 4/Chapter 17 The meaning of the ascension (section 27) 1. What did the Sophists teach about the ascension? 2. What does Calvin counter with? Testimony from Augustine (section 28) 1. What do these men appeal to in support of their doctrine? 2. What does Calvin answer concerning Augustine? 3. According to Augustine, why did …
Not Aristotle, but Rather the Spirit
Book 4/Chapter 17 The limits of reason (section 24) 1. What do Calvin’s opponents accuse him of? 2. How does Calvin reply? Appeal to power (section 25) 1. What happens when the transubstantionists run themselves into absurdities? The body in Heaven (section 26) 1. What is not Calvin’s reason for teaching that the body of Christ …
The Sacrament and Figures of Speech
Book 4/Chapter 17 A figure of speech (section 21) 1. Does Calvin say that “this is my body” is a metaphor? 2. What figure of speech does he call it? 3. What other example does he use of this? The word “is” (section 22) 1. What part of this argument do his opponents rest most …
Communication of the Body
Book 4/Chapter 17 The presence known (section 18) 1. When is the presence of Christ known? 2. What logical problem is caused by transubstantiation? 3. How does Christ feed us with the communion of His body? Two essential things (section 19) 1. What are the two essential things that must be maintained in the Supper? …
Ascent or Descent?
Book 4/Chapter 17 The basis of transubstantiation (section 15) 1. What was the cause of the “crude imagination” involved in the doctrine of transubstantiation? 2. The bread is a sacrament only to whom? Ascending and descending (section 16) 1. What mistake do those make who say the body of Christ descends to the bread? The …
Denying Local Presence
Book 4/Chapter 17 Spatial presence (section 12) 1. Although Calvin affirms the real presence of Christ in the Supper, what kind of presence does he deny? 2. What does Calvin say is utterly unlawful? 3. How then do we partake of Christ’s flesh? Bread for God (section 13) 1. Bottom line, what is the affirmation …
Calvin and the Real Presence
Book 4/Chapter 17 Christ in us (section 8) 1. What did we lose because we were estranged from God? 2. Does God quicken our souls only? Heavenly life (section 9) 1. What is necessary for us to aspire to heavenly life? 2. What is the great mystery that Paul refers to? 3. What would be …
A Sublime Mystery
Book 4/Chapter 17 Meaning of promise (section 4) 1. What is not the chief function of the Supper? 2. What is it rather intended to do? Partakers by faith (section 5) 1. What is more clear than the gospel preached? 2. What two faults must we guard against? 3. Do we receive Jesus by mere …