"Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth."

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Source: John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.198, Oxford University Press

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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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