Man
"It is not a small offense, but a detestable wickedness whereby man refuses to be subject unto his Maker; nay whereby he doth resist and deny him."
What is apostasy?
It is what drives us to seek after Christ
What is our miseries?
It is added in place after the forgiveness of sin in place of an exposition
What is justification?
An organized system of ideas that seems to exist quite independently of its creator.
A doctrine
The city that John Calvin came to in 1536, was banished from, and then returned to again a few years later.
What is Geneva?
The two vices that reign and have always reigned in the world according the Calvin
What are contempt of God and superstition?
It "ought not to look to our weakness, our wretchedness, and our defects, but attend with out undivided care and zeal to the alone power of God".
What is faith?
It is what he which will obtain the righteousness of Christ must forsake
What is his own righteousness?
According to Walzer, this is the starting point of Calvin's politics.
What is the permanent, inescapable estrangement of man from God?
John Calvin's seminal work on systematic theology.
What is the Institutes of the Christian Religion?
These individuals think that God takes his ease in Heaven, and cares not for men's matters and that he has nothing to do
Who are the "wicked"?
"That we must believe with the ______ to justification, and confess with the _______ to salvation."
What are the heart and mouth?
This was the fall of the Jews according to The Apostle and John Calvin
What is by establishing their own righteousness they were not subject to the righteousness of God?
Calvin insisted that the mitigation of anxiety and alienation could only be achieved in this.
What is a Christian Commonwealth?
The overcoming of this became for Calvinists a specifically worldly, rather than an otherworldly activity.
What is anxiety?
This is what enticed Adam and Eve to desire the fruit according to Calvin
What is "mad ambition"?
This is the product of true faith according to Calvin
What is true charity?
These are not required to the righteousness of faith according to Calvin
What are works?
The order of nature is this.
What is Obedience to God?
Calvinism was not compatible with this kind of organization.
What is a Feudal organization?
He said "all the creatures do groan being made subject to corruption against their will."
Who is Paul?
This is the kind of coffer or closet a person should keep their faith in.
What is a good conscience?
The righteousness of faith is this according to John Calvin
What is the reconciliation with God?
Calvin says that the family of a believer must be this.
What is A Little Church?
Fill in the blank:
A particular sovereign was only to be obeyed so long as he possessed the power to impose_______; his legitimacy could not survive defeat, for a defeated sovereign was deposed by ______.
Obedience
God