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Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Did God Die on Calvary?

Consider, however, the Anti-Calvinism in Article VIIIofthe1576f Gnesio-Lutheran Formula ofConcord:”From the above-mentionedcontroversy…betweenthesincere[Lutheran] divinesofthe AugsburgConfessionandthe[insincere?]Calvinistswho had…unsettledcertain othertheologians…, the[y]…have affirmed that the divine and human natures are in such wise personallyunited in Christ that neither communicates to the other really…. The union, say they, makes only the names common…, yet so that God has nothing common with humanity and…humanity has nothing really…commonwithDivinity…. We[Gnesio-Lutherans] believe,teachandconfess[likeincipient Pantheists?!] that God is man andman is God…. We believe, teach andconfessthat it isnot amere man onlythathas suffered…butamansuchthatHishuman naturehaswiththeSon ofGodaunion…. Wherefore the Son of God has truly suffered for us…. Now, not only as God but also as man He knows all things, can do all things, is present to all creatures…. Most easily can He, being present, impart His true body and His blood in the Holy Supper…. We repudiate therefore and condemn all theerroneous[viz.Calvinistic]articles…that thehumanity[ofChrist]alonesufferedforus…; that the Son of God is present to us on earth…only by His divinity…; that, according to the humanity, He is not at all capable of omnipotence and other properties of the divine nature.”

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