Book 2/Chapter 16 The Redeemer (section 1) 1. Where did the name Jesus come from? 2. What happens if we turn away from Christ, however slightly? What we must first grasp (section 2) 1. What must happen before we can accept God’s gift of life with the gratitude we owe? Loving the unlovely (section 3) …
The Oil of Gladness
Book 2/Chapter 15 The King of blessing (section 4) 1. How must we fight throughout our lives? 2. Where does Calvin locate our happiness? 3. In the midst of our trials here, what must we be content with? The anointing oil (section 5) 1. What was the oil of gladness that anointed Christ? 2. If …
Prophet, Priest, and King
Book 2/Chapter 15 Three-fold office (section 1) 1. According to Calvin, the office assigned to Christ consisted of what three parts? 2. Is it enough to acknowledge the right names of these offices? The prophet (section 2) 1. Which of the offices does the title Christ apply to? 2. Is the prophetic office extended to …
Two Natures, One Person
Book 2/Chapter 14 Two natures (section 4) 1. Those who stumble over the question of Christ’s two natures do not consider what? 2. What does it mean when Christ calls His body a Temple? Hypostatic union (section 5) 1. How does Calvin define the hypostatic union? Son of God, son of man (sections 6-8) 1. …
Not Humanly Devised
Book 2/Chapter 14 Two natures (section 1) 1. What two things must we not attribute to the two natures of Christ? 2. How then did the Son of God become the Son of man? 3. What illustration of this does Calvin use? Divinity and humanity (section 2) 1. How do we know that this doctrine …
Christ and the Virgin Mary
Book 2/Chapter 13 Christ and the Virgin Mary (section 3) 1. According to Calvin, the genealogy in Matthew was whose? 2. Although the male line is the basis for reckoning in the political order, does this exclude women? 3. What does Calvin argue concerning Mary engendering Christ from her seed? True man and sinless (section …
Fleeing the Incarnation
Book 2/Chapter 13 True manhood (section 1) 1. In this part of the Institutes, Calvin is answering three groups. Who are they? 2. What were the two options suggested by these groups for the “body of Christ”? Emptied Himself (section 2) 1. What does Calvin say Paul is not doing in Phil. 2:5-7? 2. What …
Foolish Speculation?
Book 2/Chapter 12 A necessary Incarnation (section 4)? 1. What “speculation” does Calvin address next? 2. What does Calvin think of those who “leap over these bounds”? Whose mistake is it (section 5)? 1. Who is Calvin addressing in this section? 2. Does Calvin believe that Adam’s fall precedes God’s decree in time? Osiander’s doctrine …
The Immanuel Necessity
Book 2/Chapter 12 Bridge the gulf (section 1) 1. What was of the greatest importance? 2. Where did this necessity come from? 3. Why did God have to descend to us? Children of men (section 2) 1. What were the children of men to become? 2. The heirs of Gehenna were to become what? 3. …
A Notable Mark
Book 2/Chapter 11 The difference in detail (section 8) 1. Why is the New Testament spiritual? 2. What is the final contrast between the testaments? 3. What is the difference between the moral law and the ceremonial law in the Old Testament? Bondage and freedom (section 9) 1. What is the fourth contrast between the …