Calvin's doctrine of the Christian life

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• PART Ⅰ : THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE CHURCH IN CHRIST
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. The vicarious self­offering and sanctification of Jesus Christ as priest and king
• 1. The language of the Bible about the death of Christ = 3
• 2. Christ as propitiatory victim = 5
• 3. The life and death of Christ as His consecration to priesthood = 6
• 4. The consecration of Christ by the Spirit = 7
• 5. The consecration of Christ as king = 8
• 6. The royal priesthood of the Mediator = 8
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. The sanctification of the Church in the royal priesthood of Christ
• 1. The "connexion of the priest with the people" = 11
• 2. The sanctification of the Church in the sanctification of Christ = 12
• 3. The sanctification of Christ imparted to the Church by the Spirit = 14
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. The participation of the Church in the sanctification of Christ
• 1. The mystical union between Christ and His Church = 17
• 2. The Holy Spirit as the bond of this union = 19
• 3. Faith as the bond of this union = 21
• 4. Justification and sanctification as the twofold fruit of faith = 23
• CHAPTER Ⅳ. The self­offering of the Church in thankful response
• 1. The sanctification of the Church involves the priestly self­offering of the Church = 28
• 2. Our self­offering involves wholehearted self­immolation = 29
• 3. Our self­offering can sanctify all our earthly activity as an offering to God = 32
• 4. Gratitude as the inspiration of our self­offering = 34
• 5. Fear as the accompaniment of our eucharistic self­offering = 36
• 6. Gratitude and fear must be dominated by desire for the glory of God = 37
• 7. Our self­offering is possible only by the power of the Holy Spirit = 40
• CHAPTER Ⅴ. The pattern of sanctification in the death and resurrection of Christ
• 1. The life of Jesus Christ as the pattern to which we must conform = 41
• 2. The Cross and Resurrection as the main features in the pattern of the Christian life = 43
• 3. Our conformity to Christ depends on union rather than on imitation = 47
• 4. Our conformity to Christ is worked out in outward life as well as in heart = 47
• PART Ⅱ : DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. Self­denial
• 1. Inward and outward aspects of participation in the death of Christ = 51
• 2. Concupiscence as the total perversion of the natural self = 53
• 3. Self­denial involves the Christian in constant conflict with his own nature and reason = 57
• 4. The substitution of self­hatred for self­love = 61
• 5. Jesus Christ as our example in self­denial = 62
• 6. Self­denial as the fruit of Christ's death = 63
• 7. Self­denial as the work of the Holy Spirit = 66
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. Bearing the Cross
• 1. The Church is conformed to Christ's death by outward affliction under the Cross = 68
• 2. The Cross brings the Church into a sacramental relation to Christ and His death = 70
• 3. Cross­bearing is a powerful aid to self­denial and a test of obedience = 74
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. Participation in the resurrection and glory of Christ
• 1. Participation in the death of Christ is never separated from participation in His resurrection = 78
• 2. Our participation in the Kingdom of God is the fruit both of the death and resurrection of Christ = 79
• 3. We already share by faith in the full glory of Christ's resurrection = 82
• 4. We must be content to share here and now visibly in the pattern of Christ's death rather than in the pattern of His glory = 83
• CHAPTER Ⅳ. Meditation on the future or heavenly life
• 1. Our Christian life finds its focus and inspiration in the ascended Christ = 87
• 2. Our Christian life strains towards the future life = 87
• 3. Our participation both in the death and resurrection of Christ should stir us up to meditatio futurae vitae = 88
• 4. Meditatio involves meditating, aspiration and faith = 90
• CHAPTER Ⅴ. Repentance as dying and rising with Christ
• 1. Our whole Christian life is repentance = 94
• 2. Repentance involves a change of heart = 95
• 3. Repentance and faith = 96
• 4. The signs and accompaniments of repentance = 98
• PART Ⅲ : THE RESTORATION OF TRUE ORDER
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. The true order of man's life in the restored image of God
• 1. The original pattern of man's life as a pattern of order = 103
• 2. The original order of man's life in the imago Dei includes faith and meditatio futurae vitae = 104
• 3. The purpose of redemption is the restoration of the original order and imago = 106
• 4. This true order and imago is seen in the revelation of God in the Gospel and in the humanity of Jesus Christ = 107
• 5. The eschatological significance of the new life of order in Christ = 110
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. The true order of man's life reflected in Law
• 1. The image of God in the Law = 112
• 2. Consecration to God as the true meaning of the Law = 116
• 3. Integrity and self­denial as the true meaning of the Law = 117
• 4. The Holy Spirit and the Law = 120
• 5. The Law as the perfect rule of righteousness = 121
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. The Christian attitude to this present world
• 1. Detachment from this world
• (ⅰ) Concupiscence as the slavish love of this present world = 123
• (ⅱ) A truly natural detachment from this world is given in the Christian's relationship to Christ = 124
• (ⅲ) Both nature and the Gospel imply temperance, frugality and contemptio mundi = 126
• 2. The use and enjoyment of this world
• (ⅰ) Dominion over this world has been restored to men in Christ = 130
• (ⅱ) The new relationship of the Christian to his earthly circumstances = 132
• (ⅲ) The benefits of this life are to be used, enjoyed and acknowledged with thanksgiving and faith = 135
• CHAPTER Ⅳ. The order of nature and the Christian life
• 1. The correspondence between the second table of the Law and the order of nature = 141
• 2. The order of nature as an element in the Gospel = 143
• 3. Christian duty, and the grace of God, can be illustrated from the natural world = 145
• CHAPTER Ⅴ. Mutual communication and subjection within the order of nature
• 1. Mutual communication
• (ⅰ) Mutal communication in love as a natural duty based on the restored imago Dei in Christ = 148
• (ⅱ) The law of mutual communication as the basis of earthly society = 152
• (ⅲ) Each must share in the responsibilities of society according to his calling = 154
• 2. Mutual subjection
• (ⅰ) Our common humanity involves us in mutual subjection and servitude as part of the order of nature = 157
• (ⅱ) Even in its vitiated form since the Fall, mutual subjection is an expression of the image of God and a means of divine blessing = 160
• (ⅲ) Authority within mutual subjection involves humility, companionship, understanding and subjection = 162
• (ⅳ) The extent and limitations of our duty to submit = 166
• CHAPTER Ⅵ. Christian moderation
• 1. Moderation and restraint an essential element in the ordered Christian life = 170
• 2. Various forms of excess that mar human society and individual life = 171
• 3. Moderation expresses itself in modesty, avoidance of display and contentment with our lot = 178
• 4. Moderation expresses itself in patience under affliction = 182
• 5. Moderation expresses itself in prudence­the Christian must avoid excessive zeal = 184
• 6. Christian moderation as a gift of the Spirit = 189
• PART Ⅳ : NURTURE AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN THE CHURCH
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. Sanctification and separation within the Church
• 1. The individual sanctified through membership of the Church = 195
• 2. Being gathered within the visible Church implies our sanctification = 197
• 3. The assurance of being within the Church is an important element in our sanctification = 200
• 4. Separation from the world as an aspect of sanctification within the Church = 202
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. The Church sanctified by the Word and Sacraments
• 1. The decisive place of the Word and Sacraments in the birth, growth and discipline of the Christian life within the Church = 206
• 2. The Word and Sacraments are the means whereby through the Spirit the members of the Church are consecrated to fulfil their royal priesthood = 208
• 3. The power of the Word to reform the heart and to create and increase faith = 210
• 4. Through Word and Sacraments the individual within the Church finds himself singled out and called by Christ = 212
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. Discipline under the Word
• 1. The Christian life is lived under the influence and guidance of the Word = 213
• 2. The place of meditation in the discipline of the Christian life = 218
• 3. The cultivation of fear by meditation on God's anger = 221
• 4. The cultivation of gratitude by meditation on God's goodness = 224
• 5. The place of self­examination under the Word in the discipline of the Christian life = 225
• 6. Self­discipline and fasting = 229
• CHAPTER Ⅳ. Adherence and loyalty to the visible Church
• 1. We must adhere loyally to the visible Church in spite of its defects = 232
• 2. Membership of the Church involves deliberate separation from the evil of the world = 234
• 3. Membership of the Church involves witness with the whole Church before the world = 237
• 4. Though our lives must seal our witness we cannot avoid misunderstanding and shame = 239
• 5. The Christian must observe religious ordinances and cultivate the unity of the whole Church in humility and love = 243
• PART Ⅴ : THE EXERCISE OF FAITH
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. The trial and temptation of faith
• 1. Jesus Christ's conflict with evil foreshadows our own unceasing trial and temptation = 251
• 2. God may providentially train and discipline our faith by allowing affliction and a sense of His wrath to come to us = 252
• 3. Our conflict is made the harder by our struggle with the flesh and the Devil = 255
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. The attitude of faith in conflict and suffering
• 1. Faith "looks to the hand of God" alone in submission and self­denial = 258
• 2. Faith finds in affliction tokens both of God's wrath and of His fatherly love = 261
• 3. Under affliction faith lays hold of God's Word = 264
• 4. Faith is aggressive as well as submissive towards evil = 265
• 5. Faith can face death, feeling the horror of its curse, acknowledging its judgment, but finding in it a means of blessing to be desired = 266
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. Prayer as the principal exercise of faith
• 1. Prayer as the exercise of faith and repentance in response to the grace of God = 271
• 2. Prayer and the mediation of Christ = 274
• 3. Prayer must be controlled, formed and inspired by the Word = 276
• 4. Prayer must be constantly related to our human need = 280
• 5. Prayer as the expression of the heart to God = 281
• 6. Thanksgiving and prayer = 284
• 7. The Holy Spirit and prayer = 286
• 8. Intercession = 287
• 9. God as the hearer and answerer of prayer = 291
• 10. The need for discipline and perseverance in prayer = 293
• PART Ⅵ : THE EFFECT AND FRUIT OF FAITH
• CHAPTER Ⅰ. Assurance, boldness and stability
• 1. The place of assurance of forgiveness in the Christian life = 299
• 2. Evidence of good works as a help to assurance = 301
• 3. Assurance means boldness and joy before God and the dangers of life = 303
• 4. Christian assurance is always accompanied by fear and trembling = 303
• 5. Faith shares in the stability of the Word and the Heavenly Kingdom = 306
• 6. Assurance depends on maintaining liberty of conscience before God in face of human scrupulosity = 308
• CHAPTER Ⅱ. Satisfaction and hope
• 1. The Christian life is joyful in the midst of contrary feelings = 313
• 2. Our main source of Christian happiness is found above and beyond this world = 314
• 3. Our present foretaste of happiness makes us aspire after its fullness in the life to come = 317
• 4. Our Christian life and warfare are maintained by hope = 317
• CHAPTER Ⅲ. Progress towards perfection
• 1. Christian perfection means a wholehearted response to the grace of God = 320
• 2. Though such perfection is unattainable in this life we must strive towards it = 322
• 3. There is a state of achieved victory over sin and wholehearted surrender which by the grace of God may be called "perfection" = 325
• 4. Yet we continually fail, and progress is slow = 327
• 5. Christian growth is primarily growth in faith = 327
• 6. Faith grows in stability and clarity as it increasingly apprehends the exaltation of Christ = 328
• 7. Growth of faith is accompanied by a deepening experience of Christ and a progressive transformation of life = 330
• CHAPTER Ⅳ. Perseverance to the end
• 1. The trial of faith is long and severe = 333
• 2. Perseverance requires much patience and virtue = 334
• 3. Our faith is bound to persevere since God is bound to see us through = 334
• 4. Regeneration is an incorruptible seed of life = 335
• 5. Our confidence in our perseverance must be accompanied by effort, and fear and trembling = 337
• Biography = 341
• Index = 343