"When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers."
"We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own."
Source: John Calvin (2012). “Commentary on Romans”, p.166, Ravenio Books
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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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