Book 2/Chapter 8
The sum of the law (section 51)
1. What is the purpose of the whole law?
2. What is a mistake to believe concerning the law?
The second table (section 52)
1. Why is the keeping of the law sometimes summarized in the second table only?
2. What are the two indicators of keeping the first table?
3. Why is this inadequate for identifying true godliness?
Fulfillment (section 53)
1. What is the fulfillment of the law?
Love of neighbor (section 54)
1. What life best conforms to God’s will?
2. What stupid imagination did the Sophists advance?
3. How does Calvin refute this?
Who is our neighbor (section 55)?
1. Does Calvin resist the priorities we have for those closest to us?
2. Does love for a man depend on his character?
The Schoolmen’s distortions (section 56)
1. What did the Schoolmen do with all these divine requirements?
2. How did Calvin respond?
These are the questions for the readings for Thursday, April 9, and those readings can be found here.