Person and Work of Christ: Reformation Christology

Luther argued that the unity of Jesus’ two natures, divine and human, meant that every statement about Jesus applied to both of his natures at once. Thus, God suffered and died on the cross, and the humanity of Jesus was omnipresent. Luther insisted that Jesus’ bodily omnipresence entailed his real bodily presence in the elements of the offering (see transubstantiation). Calvin, in contrast, held that Jesus’ human nature had died on the cross and that Jesus was now at the right hand of the Father. The Holy Spirit brought about Jesus’ spiritual but not bodily presence in the communion ceremon

Person and Work of Christ: Reformation Christology