Book 4/Chapter 5
Benefices (section 6)
1. What stipend or living used to be connected to ordination?
2. Under the papacy, how are most benefices secured?
Monstrous abuses (section 7)
1. What kind of man is give rule in five or six churches?
2. Why is it useless to cite the Word against these people?
3. What is maintained, as they claim, by this villainy?
Two kinds of priest (section 8)
1. What are the two kinds of priests in the Roman system?
2. What is Calvin’s take on this division?
Privilege (section 9)
1. How are benefices apportioned?
Outward and inward (section 10)
1. What sort of abuse is Calvin not addressing?
2. What have these men thrown off?
Two legitimate offices (section 11)
1. What two offices does Calvin allow as excellent, provided they are fulfilled?
These are the questions for the readings for Monday, September 14, and those readings can be found here.