John Calvin

John Calvin

Theologian, Reformer

John Calvin was a theologian whose work, 'Institutes of the Christian Religion,' laid the foundation for Reformed Christianity and influenced modern Protestantism.

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Born
July 10, 1509
Died
May 27, 1564
Quotes
410
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"It having been said above that God bends all the reprobate, and even Satan himself, at his will, three objections are started. First, that this happens by the permission, not by the will of God. To this objection there is a twofold reply, the one, that angels and men, good and bad, do nothing but what is appointed by God; the second, that all movements are secretly directed to their end by the hidden inspiration of God."

Inspiration Angel Men
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"To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed."

Mean Guilt Innocence
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"There is no erratic power or action or motion in creatures but they are governed by God's secret plan in such a way that nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by Him."

Secret Erratic Way
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"When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it."

Holiness Unions Remember
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"There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will have our inordinate love."

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"We say, then, that Scripture clearly proves this much, that God by his eternal and immutable counsel determined once for all those whom it was his pleasure one day to admit to salvation, and those whom, on the other hand, it was his pleasure to doom to destruction. We maintain that this counsel, as regards the elect, is founded on his free mercy, without any respect to human worth, while those whom he dooms to destruction are excluded from access to life by a just and blameless, but at the same time incomprehensible judgment"

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"If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God."

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"It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)"

Faith Ignorance Humility
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"The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods."

Lying Religion May
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"Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow."

Faith Religious Pain
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"In truth we know by experience that song has great force and vigour to move and inflame the hearts of men to invoke and praise God with a more vehement and ardent zeal."

Song Moving Heart
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"The name of Christ excludes all merit of our own."

Names Merit Christ
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"It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate, or do anything only with a view to his glory."

Mean Thinking Views
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"No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that the endowments which we possess cannot possibly be from ourselves; nay, that our very being is nothing else than subsistence in God alone."

Moving Men Surveys
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"Faith and patience are exceptional virtues in those that suffer. Patience is the fruit and evidence of faith."

Faith Religious Suffering
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"For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray."

Heart Effort Praying
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"If we are given gold, would we not test it to determine it's value? If we doubted its genuineness - we would test it by fire...and so God with us."

Fire Gold God With Us
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"No Task will be so sordid and base, provided you obey your calling in it, that it will not shine and be reckoned very precious in God's sight."

Sight Shining Tasks
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"The poor yield to the rich, the common people to the upper ten, the servants to their masters, the ignorant to the scholars; but there is nobody who does not imagine that he is really better than others."

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"In the maxims of the law, God is seen as the rewarder of perfect righteousness and the avenger of sin. But in Christ, His face shines out, full of grace and gentleness to poor, unworthy sinners."

Law Perfect Shining
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