Calvin's Doctrine of the Last Things

Heinrich Quistorp (1911-1987) was a German theologian and priest. His work on Calvin's eschatology earned him a doctorate equivalent at the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, and led him to fight against Nazi Socialism in the church.

• Foreword by Professor T.F. TorrancePrefaceIntroduction: The Attitude of the Reformers Towards Eschatology1. Hope1.Hope as the Way and the Goal2.Hope and the Word3. Faith and Hope4. Hope and Fellowship with Christ5. Hope as a present Possession and Future Inheritance6. Hope and Patience7. Hope and PilgrimageA.Combat and Victory(a) The combat as a soldier's in the cause of Christ(b) The struggle considered as progress in a raceB. Cross and Crown(a) The cross as suffering(b) The cross as mortification(c) The aspiration towards eternal lifeExcursus: The Meaning of meditation vitae future2. The Immortality of the Soul1. Death as Separation of the Soul and Body2. The Being of the Immortal Soul(a) The independence of the soul(b) The tow-fold basis of immortality3.The State of the Soul After Death(a) Provisional Blessedness(i) The rest of the Soul(ii) The waiting of the soul(b) Provisional damnation4. The Question of Purgatory3. The General Resurrection1. The Visible Presence of Christ(a) The expectation of the second coming(b) The signs of the second coming(c)The event of the Parousia2. the Resurrection Through Christ(a) The dual foundation of the resurrection(b) The mode of the resurrection(i) Bodily identity(ii) The newness of the risen body(iii) The transformation(c) The universality of the resurrection3. The Judgment of Christ(a) The judgment of grace(b) The judgment of wrath(c) The question of the millennium4. The Eternal Consummation in Christ(a) The deliverance of the kingdom(b) Eternal Blessedness(i) The perfecting of believers(ii) The perfecting of the church(iii) The perfecting of the world(c) Eternal damnationConclusion: The Significance of the Eschatology of CalvinIndex

This volume is extremely valuable to those readers who love Christian doctrine and a thoroughgoing reorientation of theology in the direction of eschatology.