All John Calvin Quotes
- The highest honor in the church is not government but service. Christian
- There is no wisdom but that which is focused on the fear of God. Christian
- The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul. Bad
- There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. Doe
- Assuredly there is but one way in which to achieve what is not merely difficult but utterly against human nature: to love those who hate… Achieve
- It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. Accomplish
- I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels. Bowels
- Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony. All
- Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious… All
- For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are… Day
- Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men… Amazement
- It cannot be denied that God in choosing and destining Mary to be the Mother of his Son, granted her the highest honor. Choosing
- The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God… Among
- Many people have accused me of such ferocious cruelty that (they allege) I would like to kill again the man I have destroyed. Not only… Accused
- But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church.… Church
- Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God's majesty. Affected
- Whoever shall now contend that it is unjust to put heretics and blasphemers to death will knowingly and willingly incur their very guilt. Blasphemers
- The Lord has given us a table at which to feast, not an altar on which a victim is to be offered; He has not… Altar
- Since no daily responses are given from heaven, and the Scriptures are the only record in which God has been pleased to consign His truth… Authority
- Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults. Church
- Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian… Christian
- Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of His fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very… Adopted
- Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy. Founded
- He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts. All
- No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that… Alone