Book 4/Chapter 6
Christ the Head (section 9)
1. What does Calvin call the idea of having the whole world under one earthly head?
2. Who is the sole Head of the Church?
3. And what is excluded by this?
An argument from silence (section 10)
1. What place in the New Testament should have argued for the papacy, if there were such an institution?
Rome is not Peter (section 11)
1. Supposing that Christ gave Peter the supremacy, what does Calvin argue next?
2. What other example did he give?
What about Antioch? (section 12)
1. What was Peter’s first see?
2. What does Calvin argue from this?
Other patriarchates (section 13)
1. What other question is raised about Antioch?
2. What patriarchate did take second place?
3. What patriarchate took last place?
These are the questions for the readings for Friday, September 18, and those readings can be found here.