Calvin's Institues: February 4

When people try to protect monotheism by shrinking Christ, they do not save the doctrine of God—they replace it with a Trinity that collapses into fiction. Today Calvin confronts the claim that the word “God” belongs to the Father alone and shows why that move cannot survive the Bible’s own logic: if only God is good, immortal, wise, and worthy of exclusive worship, and yet these belong to Christ, then Christ cannot be divine only by association or participation. Calvin also refuses the attempt to confine Christ’s glory to His humanity, because the exaltation of the Mediator presupposes that He is “God manifested in the flesh,” not a creature raised beyond creaturely limits. The reading ends with careful, exact language: the Godhead is of itself; the Son, as God, is of Himself; and yet as Son He is eternally from the Father—distinction without division, unity without confusion, and worship that remains fixed on the one true God.Readings: John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 1, Chapter 13 (Sections 24–25)Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.com Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpatton Credo Courses – https://www.credocourses.com Credo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Calvin #Institutes #Trinity #Christology #Monotheism #ReformedTheology #Doctrine