Question 47

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Is not Christ then with us even to the end of the world, as he hath promised?

Christ is very man and very God: with respect to his human nature, he is no more on earth; but with respect to his Godhead, majesty, grace and spirit, he is at no time absent from us.^a

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aActs 3:21; John 3:13; John 16:28; Matthew 28:20

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 35, 36, 47, 48
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 46–49

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