“But it will be asked, why are they now admonished of their duty, and not rather left to the guidance of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
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
When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The unborn baby, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and should not be robbed of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Christ descended to us, to bear us up to the Father, and at the same time to bear us up to himself,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“For if one Father is common to us all, and every good thing that can fall to our lot comes from Him,… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Those little children have not yet any understanding to desire His blessing; but when they are presented to Him, He gently 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
The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases… — 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
