The Extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy

Where is Christ’s body now? In short, that is the question behind our conversation today with K. J. Drake, the author of The Flesh of the Word: The extra Calvinisticum from Zwingli to Early Orthodoxy (Oxford University Press, 2021). In this book, Drake seeks to broaden the study of the extra Calvinisticum by investigating how the doctrine arose within sixteenth-century Reformed theology as well as how its form and function developed over time due to the changing polemical and theological contexts from Zwingli to the period of early Reformed orthodoxy. K. J. Drake is Academic Dean and Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Indianapolis Theological Seminary. He received his BA in History, Classics, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Latin from the University of Nebraska. He attended Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis where he received his M.Div. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:41 The Question of Immanuel 00:07:43 Defining the Extra Calvinisticum 00:10:33 Development of Zwingli’s Views 00:15:40 Fault Lines between Lutheran and Reformed 00:18:35 Barth and the Extra Calvinisticum 00:20:47 Calvin vs. the Calvinists 00:24:38 Zwingli’s Christology 00:32:22 Development in Zwingli’s Views 00:35:11 The Consensus Tigurinus 00:39:43 Vermigli and the Communicatio Idiomatum 00:48:47 Knox and Cranmer 00:51:34 Antoine de la Roche Chandieu 00:54:50 Other Doctrines that Are Impacted 01:04:58 Conclusion Participants: Camden Bucey, Dan Ragusa, K. J. Drake