Lesson 4

Question 1

Explain the phrase “not by bare permission” as it relates to God’s providence extending to the sins of
angels and men (WCF4).

Question 2

According to the WS, what is “original sin”?

Answer 2

“Original corruption” (WCF 6.4). (This is designated as “original sin” [WLC 25, 26, WSC
18].
“original” in the WS refers to only to Original corruption.

Question 3

Explain how WLC 31 relates to what some call the Covenant of Redemption. (WCF 31, “The covenant
of grace was made with Christ as the second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his seed.”)

Question 4

Which of the ten documents in the “Book of Concord” begins with “Controversies have arisen among
the divines of the Augsburg Confession”?

Question 5

In what sense does the Formula of Concord’s view of original sin related to man as the image of God go
beyond RT?