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 …
The Entire Force of the Supper
Book 4/Chapter 17 The Supper (section 1) 1. What do the signs of wine and bread represent for us? 2. In the Supper, what is God doing for the regeneration of baptism? Special fruit (section 2) 1. What is the special fruit of the Supper? 2. What does it mean that Christ has become son …
An Earnest Fear of God
Book 4/Chapter 16 Answering Servetus (section 31) 1. What does Calvin devote the next section to? 2. Although he answers these arguments briefly, what does he call them? Gratitude (section 32) 1. What should our response be to the fact that God has included our children together with us? 2. When we recognize that God …
Baptism and Salvation
Book 4/Chapter 16 Saved and unbaptized (section 26) 1. Does Calvin believe that remaining unbaptized is no big deal? 2. Is baptism necessary to salvation? Christ’s baptismal words (section 27) 1. What is the next argument Calvin answers? 2. How does Calvin answer it? Infants not everywhere (section 28) 1. Does Calvin believe that infants …
Buried With Christ
Book 4/Chapter 16 Buried with Christ (section 21) 1. When Paul says that we are buried with Christ in baptism, according to Calvin, does he mean that we must be buried with Christ prior to baptism? 2. Where do opponents of infant baptism consistently go wrong? Body of Christ (section 22) 1. What is Calvin’s …
Future Repentance
Book 4/Chapter 16 Men and women (section 16) 1. What does Calvin do with the argument that women ought not to be baptized if they were not circumcised? Old enough to be born again (section 17) 1. What do Calvin’s opponents conclude about the parentage of children? 2. Does Calvin agree that they are in …