"You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others."

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Source: John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.35, Baker 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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