"But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of……" — John Calvin
"But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which the Lord has bestowed upon us, for His glory and our good, shall not be preposterously abused, nay, shall not be perverted to our destruction."
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John Calvin
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237 Quotes by John Calvin
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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
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However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.
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You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.
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