Beginning Quote by William Godwin

“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

“Before the rise of Deism, Calvin condemned the pragmatic deism which relegated God to heaven and left the government of the world to men.”

— R.J. Rushdoony

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

— Alister E. McGrath

“When one contemplates the conquest of nature by technology one must remember that that conquest had to include our own bodies. Calvinism provided the…

— George Grant

“...Calvinism has a sharply-defined starting-point of its own for the three fundamental relations of all human existence: viz., our relation to God, to man,…

— Abraham Kuyper

“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

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

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…

— Abraham Kuyper

I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least encouraged to…

— Paul Schrader

To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.

— John Newton

Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth.

— Charles Spurgeon

“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