Book 4/Chapter 19
Penance no sacrament (section 15)
1. What is Calvin’s restatement of his definition of a sacrament?
2. What advantage should we gain from a sacrament?
Why not absolution (section 16)?
1. How does Calvin “kill these beasts in their own arena”?
Return to baptism (section 17)
1. What is the sacrament of repentance?
2. What should someone do who has sinned after his baptism?
The third false sacrament (section 18)
1. What is the third false sacrament?
2. What do we gain from the Lord’s pattern in healing?
3. What was the oil for in James 5:14?
Healing today (section 19)
1. Does the Lord heal today?
Fails the test (section 20)
1. What two things must a sacrament have, according to Calvin?
On their own terms (section 21)
1. But granting that James 5:14 is a sacrament, what does Calvin point out?
These are the questions for the readings for Wednesday, December 16, and those readings can be found here.
Why not absolution (section 16)?
1. How does Calvin “kill these beasts in their own arena”?
Return to baptism (section 17)
1. What is the sacrament of repentance?
2. What should someone do who has sinned after his baptism?
The third false sacrament (section 18)
1. What is the third false sacrament?
2. What do we gain from the Lord’s pattern in healing?
3. What was the oil for in James 5:14?
Healing today (section 19)
1. Does the Lord heal today?
Fails the test (section 20)
1. What two things must a sacrament have, according to Calvin?
On their own terms (section 21)
1. But granting that James 5:14 is a sacrament, what does Calvin point out?
These are the questions for the readings for Wednesday, December 16, and those readings can be found here.