and culture. Also, in Calvin’s treatment of the Supper his richly Trinitarian theology becomes especially evident, with a greater emphasis on the Spirit’s work. He underscores the importance of Christ’s bodily ascension, which opens up space for the Spirit’s work of uniting us here and now to the Christ who has ascended and will return in the flesh. Third, Calvin was a pioneering covenant theologian, emphasizing God’s promise in Christ as the basis and a communion of saints as the result. The unity