Book 4/Chapter 1 Ministers of God (section 5) 1. How has God determined to grow us up to the maturity, compared to how He could have done it? 2. Why does God consecrate the mouths and tongues of men? 3. What do some stubborn men refuse to do? 4. How is the church built up? …
Calvin and the Holy Catholic Church
Book 4/Chapter 1 The holy catholic church (section 1) 1. How does Christ become ours? 2. But what do we need because of our ignorance and sloth? 3. Why sacraments? 4. What has the papacy done? 5. If God is your Father, who may you call your Mother? Church and creed (section 2) 1. What …
Blessed and Damned
Book 3/Chapter 25 Eternal blessedness (section 10) 1. How did the prophets describe our eternal state? 2. What must we not be titillated by? 3. Does Calvin believe that everyone will have equal measures of glory in heaven? Superfluous questions (section 11) 1. Who inquires into the different glory rankings between apostle and prophet, apostle …
This Same Body
Book 3/Chapter 25 This same body (section 7) 1. What does Calvin do with the idea that God gives us a completely new body, made from scratch? 2. Why is the promised “change of quality” important in this? 3. What is Calvin’s argument from headship on this? Burial rites (section 8) 1. What is the …
God’s Great Power to Raise
Book 3/Chapter 25 God’s power (section 4) 1. Why does Calvin argue that faith in the resurrection depends on faith in God’s omnipotence? Burial rites (section 5) 1. How does Calvin answer pagan unbelievers who deny the resurrection? Intermediate state (section 6) 1. What does Calvin teach about the intermediate state? These are the questions …
Christ the Risen
Book 3/Chapter 25 Resurrection hope (section 1) 1. Why is it hard for us to hope and trust in the coming resurrection? Receiving Christ’s benefits (section 2) 1. Who alone receives the fruit of Christ’s benefits? Christ the pioneer (section 3) 1. Does Calvin acknowledge the difficulty of believing in the resurrection? 2. What are …
But What About . . .
Book 3/Chapter 24 Other passages (section 15) 1. What problem does Calvin address next? 2. How does Calvin answer? Another (section 16) 1. How does Calvin handle 1 Tim. 2:3-4? 2. What is the second way he responds? One last objection (section 17) 1. What two elements of the problem does Calvin grant? 2. What …
No Seed of Election
Book 3/Chapter 24 Before the call (section 10) 1. Before one of the elect is called, is there any difference between him and any of the non-elect? 2. How does Calvin show this? Not growth from seed (section 11) 1. How does Calvin describe what happens to the elect? Preaching to a hundred (section 12) …
For the Most Part
For those who still care about these issues, allow me to point out what Calvin says in the course of today’s reading. He says that in order to understand the biblical phrase “many are called but few are chosen” we have to realize that there are two kinds of call, general and special. The general …
General and Special Call
Book 3/Chapter 24 In Christ alone (section 5) 1. Where is election alone to be found? 2. Who alone is the fountain of life? 3. If we then have been chosen in Christ, where will we not find assurance? 4. If we want more than to be sons and heirs, what would we have to …