Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious consciousness there was developed first a particular theology, then a special church-order, and then a… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
“Free love may try to dissolve, and the concubinate to desecrate, the holiest tie, as it pleases; but, for the vast majority of our… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation…… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
“The domain of Calvinism is indeed far broader than the narrow confessional interpretation would lead us to suppose.” — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
“We believe that our salvation depends solely upon God's work in us, and not upon our testimony; and the little child with stammering lips,… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.' — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul. — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
“Art cannot be excused from following God’s law, and art disgraces itself by seeking that freedom. Anything that cannot be put into an image… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share
