Book 2/Chapter 16 Soul struggles (section 10) 1. If Calvin rejects the idea that Christ descended into the nether world, how does he take the phrase from the Creed? 2. Does the compiler of these study questions agree with this? Guess. Scripture proof (section 11) 1. How does Calvin undertake to prove this view? Answering …
The Descent into Hell
Book 2/Chapter 16 The cross (section 6) 1. What happened to the curse that was on us? 2. What exchange did the Son of God make, even though he was utterly clean of all fault? 3. Christ cleansed our filth by what means? 4. Even though it was full of shame, what was the cross …
Calvin on Active Obedience
Book 2/Chapter 16 Love first (section 4) 1. According to Calvin, did God love us before we were reconciled to Him? 2. Which church father does he cite in agreement with this? Christ’s active obedience (section 5) 1. How did Christ accomplish salvation for us? 2. We are freed from the curse of the law …
Loving the Unlovely
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 …