Calvin Synod Herald, 1994 (94. évfolyam, 2-6. szám)
1994-05-01 / 3. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD-4-REFOMflTÜSOK LAPJA Suttdfzyi TRemem&uzttce May and June bring great Sundays of Remembrance. 2nd in May is Mother's Day, 3rd in June Father's Day; 5th in May Memorial Sunday; in June is Pentecost (the birthday of the Church). Home, Nation and Church! Happy Trinity! Read concerning Question 104. What does God require in the fifth commandment? Answer. That I show all honor, love and faithfulness to my father and mother, and to all in authority over me; submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction; and also bear patiently with their infirmities: since it is God's will to govern us by their hand. Question 49. What benefit do we receive from Christ's ascension into heaven? Answer. First, that He is our Advocate in the presence of His father in heaven. Secondly, that we have our flesh in heaven, as a sure r Home - Heidelberg Catechism 104; regarding Nation - llnd Helvetic Confession XXX; and Church - H. Cat. 49 & 54. (Being Calvinists, we should have a copy of both. If not, ask your pastor to give you one in English translation). pledge, that He, as the Head, will also take us, His members, up to Himself. Thirdly, that He sends us His Spirit, as an earnest, by whose power we seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, and not things on the earth. Question 54. What dost thou believe concerning the Holy Universal Christian Church? Answer. That, out of the whole human race, from the beginning to the end of the world, the Son of God, by His Spirit and word, gathers, defends and preserves for Himself unto everlasting life, a chosen communion, in the unity of the true faith; and that I am, and forever shall remain, a living member of the same. ■-- 1 ■ s The Second Helvetic Confession, 1566, Chapter XXX. of the Magistracy The Duty of the Magistrate. The chief duty of the magistrate is to secure and preserve peace and public tranquillity. Doubtless he will never do this more successfully than when he is truly God-fearing and religious; that is to say, when, according to the example of the most holy kings and princes of the people of the Lord, he promotes the preaching of the truth and sincere faith, roots out lies and all superstition, together with all impiety and idolatry, and defends the Church of God. We certainly teach that the care of religion belongs especially to the holy magistrate. The Duty of Subjects. For as God wants to effect the safety of his people by the magistrate, whom he has given to the world to be, as it were, a father, so all subjects are commanded to acknowledge this favor of God in the magistrate. Therefore let them honor and reverence the magistrate as the minister of God; let them love him, favor him, and pray for him as theirfather.and let them obey all his just and fair commands. Finally, let them pay all customs and taxes, and all other such dues faithfully and willingly. The Heidelberg Catechism, 1563
