“How, as John Calvin put it, “without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.” “For” — Ian Morgan Cron Copy Share Image
For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“[They] pervert the course of nature [by saying] the sun does not move and that it is the earth that revolves and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“How do you know yourself to be a son of God in fact as well as in name?” Answer: “Because I am… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“John Calvin said: "It is the nature of faith that we want to bring others to share eternal life with us when… — Richard D. Phillips Copy Share Image
“There are indeed solid ontological foundations for an understanding of signals of transformation. Both Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin take the notion… — James W Sire Copy Share Image
“THE LAW “THE THIRD, AND PRINCIPAL USE, WHICH PERTAINS MORE CLOSELY TO THE PROPER USE OF THE LAW, FINDS ITS PLACE AMONG… — Mark Jones Copy Share Image
I had been reading about [John] Calvin for years and had been studying the English Renaissance for many more years, and it… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“The Swiss theologian John Calvin, in his commentaries on the Hebrew prophets, says that God so identifies with the poor that their… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Finally, the Reformers also agreed that worship should be in the vernacular and that the twofold structure of Word and sacrament be… — Robert E. Webber Copy Share Image
John Calvin's theology emphasizes the sanctity of conscience, the sanctity of companionate marriage, and the obligation of those in power to attend… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to believe that genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us. I didn’t want to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
“In his commentary on 1 John, however, Calvin saw more clearly than Packer did exactly where the issue must be joined. The… — Thomas Talbott Copy Share Image
As a newborn baby breathes and cries, so the signs of life in a newborn Christian are faith and repentance, inhaling the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“what benefit does retaining the clause, He descended into hell, bring to us? In a word, this clause is an essential part… — Daniel Hyde Copy Share Image
“John Calvin, Comment on 2 Cor. 5:20 This is why Paul upholds the teaching of the gospel in such a forceful way… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
[John Calvin's] treatment of the person and work of Christ, of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, of prayer… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“Since the earliest days the church as an organization has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind… — S.T. Joshi Copy Share Image
[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
“To recall an image of John Calvin, the preacher is someone the church sends to the Bible week by week to dig… — Cornelius Plantinga Jr Copy Share Image
“I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.” Augustine/John Calvin” — Augustine Copy Share Image
I like major theology. I like Karl Barth, and I like John Calvin, and I like Martin Luther. The scale of thinking… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
No person, no matter how clever and deceitful, can indefinitely hide a character that is rotten and out of tune with God.… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox -… — Norman Geisler Copy Share Image
“It is not necessary that faith and repentance should always precede baptism. They are only required from those whose age makes them… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“Occam’s epistemological developments effected an essential schism within medieval scholarship and precipitated a new school of philosophy that emphasized the freedom of… — Gregory Alan Thornbury Copy Share Image
Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I am not superstitious, but the first time I saw this medal, bearing the venerated likeness of John Calvin, I kissed it,… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
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![“[They] pervert the course of nature [by saying] the sun does not move and that it is the earth that revolves and that it turns. [John Calvin illustrating his opposition to heliocentrism in a sermon due to the Bible's support of geocentrism]” quote by John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bb/john-calvin-490_astronomy_they-pervert-the-course-of-nature-by-say_1966464.jpg)
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![“[John] Calvin is revered as a thinker of immense importance in Reformed thought, Jonathan Edwards could say in his preface to his treatise on Freedom of the Will that he had derived none of his views from the work of Calvin, though he was willing to be called a "Calvinist" for the sake of…” quote by Oliver D. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79f/oliver-d-crisp-12863_conventions_john-calvin-is-revered-as-a-thinker-of-i_1850444.jpg)
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