Calvin and the Federal Vision

by Jeon, Jeong Koo

• ISBN13: 9781606081723
• ISBN10: 1606081721
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-12
• Publisher: Resource Pubns

Summary

Karl Barth and John Calvin belong to the first rank of great theologians of the church. Both, of course, were also reformed theologians. Historically, Calvins influence on reformed doctrine has been much greater than that of Barths and continues to be so in the present day. In contrast, Barths reformed credentials have been questionednot least in his understanding of election and atonement. The question is who should be of greater importance for the reformed church in the twentyfirst century? Who has the better arguments on the Bible? Barth or Calvin? Doctrinal areas of focus are the nature of the atonement, Scripture and the sacraments.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Historical Overview	p. 1
Calvin, Barth, and Reformed Theology: Historical Prolegomena Carl Trueman	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Reformed Theology in Historic Confessional Context	p. 4
Reformed Theology and Confessional Formulation	p. 6
Assessing Confessional Reformed Theology in Early Modern Context	p. 8
The Collapse of Reformed Orthodoxy	p. 9
Karl Barth and Reformed Orthodoxy	p. 11
Barth and Von Harnack	p. 11
Barth at Gottingen: Reformed Orthodoxy and the Impact of Heppe	p. 14
Barth's Relationship to Reformed Orthodoxy	p. 20
The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist	p. 27
Calvin and Barth on the Lord's Supper Trevor Hart	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Some Key Issues	p. 30
The Presence and Action of God	p. 30
The Presence of Christ and the Elements	p. 32
Eucharistic Modification	p. 34
Summary	p. 37
Calvin - Bread and Wine Trans-figured	p. 38
Divine Sign-giving	p. 38
Faith Alone Participates in the Sign	p. 40
Signs and Words	p. 41
Signification, Metonymy and the Presence of Christ	p. 42
The Incarnation and Imaginative Trans-figuration	p. 44
Barth - Signification, Revelation and Response	p. 45
Signification and Analogy	p. 46
Hypostatic and Sacramental Union	p. 47
The Word takes Flesh	p. 48
The Presence of Christ and the Supper	p. 49
The Supper as a Sign of Response	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 54
Baptism in the Theology of John Calvin and Karl Barth Anthony R. Cross	p. 57
Introduction	p. 57
The Sacramental Nature of Baptism	p. 58
The Role of the Holy Spirit	p. 62
The Meaning of Baptism	p. 65
Infant Baptism	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 79
The Sacramental Nature of Baptism	p. 79
The Role of the Holy Spirit	p. 82
The Meaning of Baptism	p. 82
Infant Baptism	p. 85
In Concluding	p. 87
Atonement	p. 89
Karl Barth's Narrative Doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement Neil B. MacDonald	p. 91
Introduction	p. 91
YHWH, the God of Israel, who takes His own Judgement on Himself (in the Form of His Son, Jesus of Nazareth)	p. 93
Barth: 'Front-Wheel Drive' or 'Back-Wheel Drive' Theologian?	p. 96
The Locus of Barth's Doctrine in the Synoptic Narratives	p. 97
The Literary Shape of the Synoptic Narrative - the Three Essential Parts	p. 99
The First Two Parts are to be Understood in Terms of a Judicial Framework	p. 100
The Resurrection and the Identity of Jesus of Nazareth	p. 103
Barth's Theological Move: The Judicial Framework as Substitutionary Atonement	p. 104
The Theological Identity of Pilate's Judgement: YHWH's Judgement on Jesus	p. 105
The Two Narrative Conditions of Substitutionary Atonement	p. 108
Jesus takes His own Eschatological Judgement on Himself	p. 110
The 'Directorial Eye' of the Evangelist	p. 112
The 'Eye of Faith': The 'Directorial Eye' that becomes Your 'Eye'	p. 114
Conclusion	p. 115
Calvin, Barth, and the Subject of Atonement Myron B. Penner	p. 118
Introduction	p. 118
Calvin on Atonement	p. 119
Christ our Redeemer	p. 120
For whom did Christ die?	p. 128
The Calvinist Barth?	p. 135
Barth for/against Calvin	p. 136
Christ, Election, and Atonement	p. 136
Calvin or Barth?	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 144
Scripture	p. 147
Calvin on Scripture Stephen R. Holmes	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
Calvin's Fundamental Beliefs about Scripture	p. 151
The Unity of Scripture: The Person and Work of Jesus Christ	p. 153
Factual Error in the Claims of the Bible?	p. 156
Natural Theology and Accommodation	p. 157
Calvin, Barth, and Theological Interpretation Craig G. Bartholomew	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
Common Ground	p. 165
The Bible as the Word of God	p. 169
Biblical Interpretation and Theology	p. 171
Critical Scholarship and Exegesis	p. 173
The Role of Historical Criticism	p. 174
The Role of Philosophy and General Hermeneutics in Biblical Interpretation	p. 175
Calvin, Barth, and Postmodern Interpretation	p. 176
Author Index	p. 179
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