ColdSilverMoon
Puritan Board Senior
I've been enjoying the Federal Vision threads at Green Baggins and this thread at Old Life dealing with the place of Union within the ordo salutis.
I reviewed Calvin on the matter, and in Romans 6 he seems to treat union as the basis for sanctification, not at all justification. In fact, his commentaries on Romans basically treat justification as a past event for Christians and union as the foundation for sanctification, beginning with baptism. In other words, he believes we are justified and then unified with Christ at baptism. This union allows the Old Man to be put to death with Christ and the New Man to gradually take hold.
My question is if Calvin is correct in his thinking (or am I interpreting Calvin correctly?). Is union related at all to justification, or is it exclusively the foundation for sanctification? Is there any aspect of FV theology that is somewhat correct dealing with the union/justification link, or is it completely wrong?
I reviewed Calvin on the matter, and in Romans 6 he seems to treat union as the basis for sanctification, not at all justification. In fact, his commentaries on Romans basically treat justification as a past event for Christians and union as the foundation for sanctification, beginning with baptism. In other words, he believes we are justified and then unified with Christ at baptism. This union allows the Old Man to be put to death with Christ and the New Man to gradually take hold.
My question is if Calvin is correct in his thinking (or am I interpreting Calvin correctly?). Is union related at all to justification, or is it exclusively the foundation for sanctification? Is there any aspect of FV theology that is somewhat correct dealing with the union/justification link, or is it completely wrong?