When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Then let every one of us, being warned by this sentence of the angel, acknowledge that he as yet cleaves to first… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There are people who are known to be very liberal, yet they never give without scolding or pride or even insolence. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the… — 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
