Book 4/Chapter 13
Vows for the future (section 5)
1. Does Calvin allow for vows to restrain future behavior?
2. What limits?
Basic vows (section 6)
1. What is the basic vow of a Christian?
2. How is this vow confirmed and sanctioned?
3. Does this vow anticipate the presence of sin?
4. Beyond this, what does Calvin require of particular vows?
Perverse vows (section 7)
1. When men vow to abstain from good things willy-nilly, what does Calvin call that?
Ancient monasticism (section 8)
1. What was ancient monasticism for?
2. Does Calvin allow that it was the same institution as in his day?
Augustine’s description (section 9)
1. What was the severity of monasticism tempered by in Augustine’s day?
These are the questions for the readings for Monday, October 26, and those readings can be found here.