"Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It……" — Abraham Kuyper
"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 given form for political and social life."
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Abraham Kuyper
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23 Quotes by Abraham Kuyper
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How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy…
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The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting…
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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling,…
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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all…
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Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church…
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A charity which knows only how to give money is not yet Christian love. You will be free of guilt…
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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon…
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What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
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Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and…
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There are two kinds of beauty; there is a beauty which God gives at birth, and which withers as a…
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The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher,…
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