Diversity without division, unity without confusion - 11 March 2010 |
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These are the questions for week 17 of the Guided Reading Course. We’ll focus on Calvin, Institutes, II.xii-xiv, and refer occasionally to Berkhof, Systematic Theology, pp. 321-330.
Calvin, Institutes, II.xii-xiv
II.xii
1. Why, according to Calvin, did our Mediator need to be true God and true man? (II.xii.1-3)
2. In Calvin’s view, would the incarnation have been necessary if man had not sinned? Why or why not? (II.xii.1-2, 4) Do you agree?
3. What does Calvin think of question 2, above? Why? (II.xii.5)
II.xiii
4. What evidence does Calvin adduce to prove Christ’s true humanity? (II.xiii.1)
5. What objection does Calvin address in II.xiii.4? How does he respond?
II.xiv
6. What misunderstanding of Christ’s human and divine natures does Calvin address in II.xiv.1? How does he correct this erroneous view? What analogy does he offer?
7. What does Calvin mean by “the communicating of properties” (II.xiv.1)? How do the scriptural texts cited in II.xiv.2 fit with this doctrine? How does Calvin’s view differ from the Lutheran doctrine (cf. Berkhof, Systematic Theology, p. 324ff.)?
8. What, in Calvin’s view, is demonstrated by the texts cited in II.xiv.3? Do you agree?
9. What were the errors of Nestorius and Eutyches? How does Calvin reply? (II.xiv.4)
Posted by Steve Jeffery · Topics: Guided Reading Course, Minister's Blog