“Calvinism, as we have seen, starts from a double decree of absolute predestination, which antedates creation, and is the divine program of human history. This program includes the successive stages of the creation of man, an universal fall and condemnation… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Luther, the hero of Worms, the champion of the sacred rights of conscience, was, in words, the most violent, but in practice, the least… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Some plant wild fig trees near cultivated fig trees, and there are others who, to remedy the weakness of the productive fig tree of our gardens, attach to the branches unripe figs and so retain the fruit which had already begun to drop and to be lost. What lesson does nature here give us? That we must often borrow, even… — Philip Schaff Copy Share
The apostolic writings are of three kinds: historical, didactic, and prophetic. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Henceforth we find woman no longer a slave of man and tool of lust, but the pride and joy of her husband, the fond mother training her children to virtue and godliness, the ornament and treasure of the family, the faithful sister, the zealous servant of the congregation in every work of Christian charity, the sister of mercy, the martyr… — Philip Schaff Copy Share
“Paul was the only scholar among the apostles. He never displays his learning, considering it of no account as compared with the excellency of… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
One man with truth on his side is stronger than a majority in error, and will conquer in the end. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect: the other extends it to all men on the condition of faith. Both are right in what they assert; both are wrong in what they deny. If one important truth is pressed to the exclusion of another truth of equal… — Philip Schaff Copy Share
Who touches money touches dirt; and the less religion has to do with it, the better. — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
The style of the Bible in general is singularly adapted to men of every class and grade of culture, affording the child the simple… — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
“Calvin sets the absolute sovereignty of God and the infallibility of the Bible over against the pretended sovereignty and infallibility of the pope. Fearing God, he was fearless of man. The sense of God’s sovereignty fortified his followers against the tyranny of temporal sovereigns, and made them champions and promoters of civil and political liberty in France, Holland, England, and… — Philip Schaff Copy Share
“If ever a monk got to heaven by monkery," says Luther, "I ought to have gotten there.” — Philip Schaff Copy Share Image
