40 Questions
According to the speaker, the Lutheran Christology is not problematic.
False
Christ's post-resurrection body has the same attributes as a human body.
False
The Incarnation does not modify the humanity of Christ.
False
The Reformed critique of Lutheran Christology is not a significant one.
False
Luther builds his Christology on the basis of his view of the Lord's Supper.
True
For Zwingli, the Eucharist is primarily a sacrament.
False
The speaker thinks that Christian orthodoxy is the sum total of the problems you can't live with.
False
The speaker has never debated his friend Carl Beckwith on stage.
False
According to Luther, the phrase 'this is my body' should be interpreted literally.
True
The Lutheran and Reformed views on the real presence of Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist are the same.
False
The communicatio idiomatum refers to the communication of attributes between the divine and human natures of Christ.
True
The Reformed tradition affirms the direct communication of properties between the human and divine natures of Christ.
False
The debate between Luther and Zwingli at Marburg concerned the nature of salvation.
False
Luther's Christology emphasizes the unity of the divine and human natures of Christ.
True
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed is not relevant to the Christological debates between Lutherans and Reformed.
False
The Lutheran-Reformed debates on the Eucharist do not have implications for understanding the nature of Christ's post-resurrection body.
False
According to Luther, Christ's human nature becomes omnipresent.
True
The Reformed tradition accepts the Lutheran view of the communication of Christ's attributes.
False
Drinking a latte from the Grace Coffee store is a gospel action in the same way as taking the Lord's Supper.
False
According to the Lutheran view, Christ's body and blood are present in the cup of coffee.
True
The Reformed tradition believes that Christ's human nature is locally circumscribed.
True
The Lutheran view of Christ's attributes makes Christ into a tertium quid, according to the Reformed tradition.
True
The Hypostatic Union is a concept that describes the union of Christ's human and divine natures.
True
Christ's post-resurrection body is no longer locally circumscribed, according to Lutheran Christology.
True
In 1523, Zwingli rejects the mass of sacrifice in light of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary.
True
Cornelis Hearn is a Lutheran theologian.
False
Zwingli attributes his understanding of symbolic language to Cornelis Hearn's letter.
True
Luther and Zwingli engaged in a series of respectful and polite exchanges on the issue of the Lord's Supper.
False
Zwingli's view of the Lord's Supper is based on the concept of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary.
True
In 1524, Zwingli makes a statement on the real presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
False
Cornelis Hearn emphasizes the importance of faith in receiving the benefits of the sacrament.
True
Zwingli's thinking on the Lord's Supper is influenced by his humanist correspondents.
True
The speaker recommends Robert Bruce's 'The Mystery of the Lord's Supper' for understanding Calvin's position on the Lord's Supper.
True
The speaker's favorite book on the Lord's Supper is written by a Scottish Presbyterian theologian.
True
The speaker teaches a course on Lutheran Christology at Westminster.
False
Calvin's position on the Lord's Supper allows for a more nuanced understanding of Paul's writings.
True
The speaker's wedding ring is only a sign of their marriage, but not a seal of it.
False
The speaker believes that Calvin's language about the Lord's Supper is entirely Scriptural.
False
The Institutes is a book written by Robert Bruce.
False
The speaker's course at Westminster focuses on the Reformed critique of Lutheran Christology.
False
Study Notes
Christology and the Lord's Supper
- The reformed critique of Lutheran Christology is problematic due to direct communication of properties between the natures.
- The post-resurrection body of Christ has attributes that a human body doesn't have, such as walking through walls and on water.
Luther and Zwingli's Views on the Lord's Supper
- Luther builds his Christology to justify his view of the Lord's Supper, while Zwingli's view of the Eucharist is memorial, meaning the human nature takes on some characteristics of the divine.
- For Zwingli, the omnipresence of the divine is communicated directly to the human nature, making Christ's body and blood present in the cup of coffee, but not a gospel action like taking the Lord's Supper.
The Communication of Attributes
- The reformed reject the Lutheran view of the communication of attributes on the grounds that it contravenes boundaries established in the early church.
- If Christ's human nature takes on the quality of omnipresence, it ceases to be a human nature, according to the reformed.
Marburg Colloquy and the Division of Protestantism
- The division between Luther and Zwingli at the Marburg colloquy in 1521 permanently divides Protestantism and makes the real presence a major concern for subsequent Lutheranism.
Hermeneutical Issues
- The debate between Luther and Zwingli takes place along hermeneutical lines, with Luther wanting to argue for a very literal interpretation of "this is my body".
- Luther's response to Zwingli's argument that Christ says "I am the true vine, I am the door" is that we interpret Christ literally unless it is impossible to do so.
Christological Differences
- The real difference between Lutherans and the reformed is a Christological one, connected to how the divine and human relate in the person of Christ.
- The technical term for this is the communicatio idiomatum, or the communication of attributes.
Recommended Reading
- For exploring Calvin's position on the Lord's Supper, read Book Four of the Institutes.
- For a case for the Calvinistic position, read Robert Bruce's "The Mystery of the Lord's Supper".
Zwingli's Development of Thought
- In 1523, Zwingli rejects the mass of sacrifice in light of Christ's one and once and for all sacrifice on Calvary and talks about the Lord's Supper as a commemoration.
- In 1524, Zwingli receives a letter from Cornelis Hearn, a humanist, which clarifies his thinking on the real presence and introduces symbolic views of the Lord's Supper.
This quiz explores the reformed critique of Lutheran Christology, discussing the communication of properties between the natures of Christ and the attributes of his post-resurrection body.
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