Bible Quote by Robert Eggers

One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.

— Alister E. McGrath

“Calvinism, as we have seen, starts from a double decree of absolute predestination, which antedates creation, and is the divine program of human history.…

— Philip Schaff

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

— Wendell Phillips

“The Puritans believed that the identity of the Saints had long since been determined by God. This meant that there was nothing a person…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

I'm a total puritan, but I found Jacques' adventures amusing. We couldn't be further apart. I am a Calvinist toward myself and totally indulgent…

— Karl Lagerfeld

“The same wakefulness the individual Calvinist was to use to keep watch over his own sins Winthrop and Cotton called for also in the…

— Sarah Vowell

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical

— Tom Selleck

They believed that every man should know how to read and how to write, and should find out all that his capacity allowed him…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors of greatest…

— William Godwin

“A Puritan believed it was necessary to venture back to the absolute beginning of Christianity, before the church had been corrupted by centuries of…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“Then suddenly—or so it seemed to me—in the past two years Calvinism began emerging as an issue everywhere. Perhaps I am just waking up,…

— Jerry L. Walls

“At the heart of the Reformation message was a rejection of the power of individual believers, or of the church acting on their behalf,…

— Michael Braddick