Family Quote 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…

— Abraham Kuyper

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

... 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

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

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

“The domain of Calvinism is indeed far broader than the narrow confessional interpretation would lead us to suppose.”

— Abraham Kuyper

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

“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

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

— Abraham Kuyper

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

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

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.

— Abraham Kuyper