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 …
Twinkling Afar Off
Book 2/Chapter 11 Benefits and Punishments as Types (section 3) 1. What did Calvin believe about benefits and punishments in the Old Testament era? 2. What purpose did that serve? The second difference (section 4) 1. What was the second difference between the two testaments? 2. What is the fulfillment of those figures? 3. When …
Differences Between the Testaments
Book 2/Chapter 11 Differences between the Testaments (section 1) 1. How many differences are there between the Old and the New Testaments? 2. What is the first of these differences? 3. How did this differ from what Calvin’s opponents said? Childhood (section 2) 1. Calvin reapplies an image that Paul used in Galatians. What is …
More Than a Full Belly
Book 2/Chapter 10 The hope of the godly (section 17) 1. How often did Calvin believe that promises of blessedness were fulfilled in this life for Old Testament saints? 2. Did this cause these saints to despair of the fulfillment? The flip side (section 18) 1. Did the wicked ever receive “blessings” in this life? …