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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/calvinism-is-an-all-embracing-system-of-principles-it-is-rooted-in-a/)

[Abraham Kuyper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-kuyper/)

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## More by Abraham Kuyper

> [There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a flower. And there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/there-are-two-kinds-of-beauty-there-is-a-beauty-which-god-gives-at/)

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> [“Free love may try to dissolve, and the concubinate to desecrate, the holiest tie, as it pleases; but, for the vast majority of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/free-love-may-try-to-dissolve-and-the-concubinate-to-desecrate-the/)

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> [Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/lutheranism-restricted-itself-to-an-exclusively-ecclesiastical-and/)

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> [... we have gratefully to receive from the hand of God the institution of the state with its magistrates as a means of preservation……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/we-have-gratefully-to-receive-from-the-hand-of-god-the-institution-of/)

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> [We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/we-understand-hereby-that-the-family-the-business-science-art-and-so/)

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> [In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/in-the-total-expanse-of-human-life-there-is-not-a-single-square-inch/)

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> [“The domain of Calvinism is indeed far broader than the narrow confessional interpretation would lead us to suppose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/the-domain-of-calvinism-is-indeed-far-broader-than-the-narrow/)

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> [When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/when-the-principles-that-run-against-your-deepest-convictions-begin/)

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> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/we-believe-that-our-salvation-depends-solely-upon-god-s-work-in-us/)

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> [There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/there-is-not-an-inch-of-any-sphere-of-life-over-which-jesus-christ/)

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> [The sovereignty of the state as the power that protects the individual and that defines the mutual relationships among the visible spheres, rises high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/the-sovereignty-of-the-state-as-the-power-that-protects-the/)

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> [There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/there-is-not-a-square-inch-in-the-whole-domain-of-our-human-existence/)

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> [To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/to-have-faith-in-the-word-scripture-must-not-grasp-us-in-our-critical/)

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> [What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/what-is-hell-other-than-a-realm-in-which-unholiness-works-without/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kuyper/art-cannot-be-excused-from-following-god-s-law-and-art-disgraces/)

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