Book 1/Chapter 14
Creation of the World and Man (section 1)
1. Should men try to “get behind” God’s act of creation?
2. Why did God give us an account of the creation?
3. Why did God tell us how old the world is?
4. Any other reason?
5. How old does Calvin believe the world to be?
6. Should we ask why God waited so long? Why not?
7. What was Augustine’s great bon mot?
8. Were spectacles invented in Calvin’s day?
9. Is there any cause higher than God’s will? What happens if we attribute one?
10. Do we have enough to study within the created order?
Six Days (section 2)
1. Did God create the world in a moment?
2. How long did it take?
3. What does the sabbath invite us to do?
4. For Calvin, was the Trinity involved in the six day creation?
Creation of the World and Man (section 3)
1. Why does Calvin say the creation of the angels is not mentioned?
2. Why was divinity sometimes attributed to angels?
3. What would Manichean dualism do, according to Calvin?
4. Given this, how has Manichean thinking resurfaced in contemporary evangelical thinking?
5. Where does sin come from, according to Calvin? Where does it not come from?
6. Why does the Nicene Creed mention the creation of invisible things?
These questions are for the readings on Saturday, February 7, 2009, and the readings can be found here.