A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We say, then, that Scripture clearly proves this much, that God by his eternal and immutable counsel determined once for all those… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Whenever our sins press hard against us, whenever Satan would drive us to despair, we must hold up this shield, that God… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
All things being at God's disposal, and the decision of salvation or death belonging to him, he orders all things by his… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
No man can come to God but by an extraordinary revelation of the Spirit. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
