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49 Cards in this Set
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What date was Calvin born? |
July 10, 1509
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Where was Calvin born?
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Picardy, northern France
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What occupation did his father originally want him to do?
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Priest
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When did he publish his commentary on Seneca’s De Clementia?
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1532
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When is it proposed that Calvin was converted?
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1533
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When was the first edition of the Institutes published?
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1536
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When did Calvin decide to remain in Geneva and who convinced him?
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Farel - August 1536
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When did Calvin write his first commentary and what book of the Bible was it on?
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Romans - 1540
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When is Calvin banned from Geneva and where does he go?
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Strasbourg - 1538
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When does Calvin return to Geneva
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September 13, 1541
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When is Servetus burned at the stake?
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1553
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When is the final edition of the Institutes published?
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1559
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When did Calvin die?
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May 27, 1564
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What was Calvin’s first theological writing?
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Lett to the Believers Demonstrating How Jesus Christ is the end of the Law (1543)
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Why did Calvin write the Institutes?
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(1) Catechetic intention, (2) provide a summary of true piety, (3) to show was is necessary for the doctrine of salvation
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What are the differences between the Institutes and the Commentaries?
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The commentaries are to be a clear and brief continuous commentary on Scripture. The Institutes are to discuss lengthy doctrinal matters.
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Describe Calvin’s preaching schedule
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(1) Sunday morning - New Testament (2) Sunday after - Psalms (3) During the week - Old Testament (4) Friday morning - weekly bible studies, ministers would gather
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What topic did he write against Albertus Pighuis
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Free will and election
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What topic did he write against Pierre Caroli
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The Trinity (Caroli charged Calvin and Farel with Arianism)
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What was Calvin's “life goal”
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He did not necessarily want to be a reformer but to “live the quiet and secluded life of a humanist scholar” — see the preface of his Psalms commentary.
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What is a broad overview of Calvin’s proposed hermeneutic broadly defined?
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Understand the mind or intention of the writer by establishing historical contexts and background, searching for the precise meaning of terms in the original, and worrying about geography, chronology, etc. He wants to do this with “lucid brevity.”
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Four aspects of his hermeneutics
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(1) Understand the mind and intention of the author (2) Lucid brevity (3) Use of ancient sources (4) Dogmatic concerns are to be found in the Institutes.
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What does the first paragraph of the Institutes states is the overarching theme?
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The knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves
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How does Calvin discuss the knowledge of God?
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In two parts: KOG as Creator (Book I) & KOG as Redeemer (Books II-IV)
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How does THL Parker say that Calvin’s Institutes are arranged?
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By the apostles creed.
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How does Richard Muller say that Calvin’s Institutes are arranged?
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According to a catechetical model possibly influenced by Melanchthon’s loci Communes
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Name four motifs in Calvin’s theology (Walter Kreck)
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(1) Unity and inseparability of Word and Spirit (2) Importance of the incarnate eternal Word (3) The Word both gives and commands (4) The Word of God is an electing and rejecting Word
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What is one of the different emphasis of Luther and Calvin regarding Christ
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Luther lays more emphasis on Christ for us, Calvin on Christ in us
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10 characteristics of Calvin’s theology (not Walter Kreck’s four)
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(1) An appreciation for the created order (2) God’s providential care for this universe and its inhabitants (3) The polemic against idolatry (4) One covenant of grace (5) The significance of the humanity of Christ (6) The threefold office of Christ (triplex minus Christii) (7) The knowledge of faith (8) The Lord’s Supper (9) The unity and catholicity of the church (10) Civil government as an instrument of God.
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What is the goal of the Christian life according to Calvin?
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Restoration of the image of God which sin has distorted and defaced
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What does imitation look like to Calvin?
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Both outward behavior and the “inmost affections of the heart.” This includes self-denial, recognition that we are God’s, submit to the will and glory of God, and accepting hardships in life.
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What is one of the important virtues of the moral life for Calvin?
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Moderation
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What does the law show in regards to ethics?
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It reveals God’s character and will
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What are the 3 types of law in Calvin?
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Moral, ceremonial, and judicial
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Three principles of interpretation when reading the 10 Commandments
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(1) Law is concerned with both outward and “inward spiritual righteousness” (2) seek the intention of God (3) Ethical duties to God and then ethical duties to man
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What is Calvin’s concept of piety rooted in?
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Knowledge of God
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What does Joel Beeke argue that Calvin’s piety is?
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Biblical, with an emphasis on the heart more than the mind.
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Define piety according to Calvin
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the right attitude of man toward God
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What is piety’s supreme goal?
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the glory of God
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How do we glorify God?
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By obedience to the Word
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What is the root of piety?
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The mystical union with Christ
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What is the heartbeat of Calvin’s practical theology (piety)?
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Communion and participation with Christ.
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What are the practical dimensions of piety?
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Prayer, repentance, self-denial, cross-bearing, right understanding of the present and future life, and obedience.
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What is the civil government according to Calvin?
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It is a divinely-established order
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What are the two purposes of the civil government?
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(1) See that “men breathe, eat, drink, and are kept warm. (2) So that a public manifestation of religion may exist among Christians.
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What did the controversy with Sadoleta entail?
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What is the relationship of Scripture an dthe Church
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What did Calvin argue with the Anabaptists?
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Incarnation - they taught that Jesus brought his humanity with him from heaven, and against soul sleep
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What five things characterize people in their sinfulness?
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(1) self-love (2) self-sufficiency (3) self-confidence (4) self-satisfaction (5) self-destruction
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What is Calvin's theory of original sin?
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Creation - the soul is implanted and is sinful because of Adam |
