Quotes about John Calvin
Those who, rejecting Scripture, imagine that they have some peculiar way of penetrating to God, are to be deemed not so much under the influence of error as madness.
— John Calvin
Where Christ does not reign men are wolves to men.
— John Calvin
There is no medium between the two things: the earth must either be worthless in our estimation, or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.
— John Calvin
Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox - a true church with sound fundamental doctrines as well as significant error.
— Norman Geisler
Hence we judge the papal sacraments to be frivolous, since in them the voice of God is not heard for the upbuilding of souls.
— John Calvin
But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.
— John Calvin
Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
— John Calvin
He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.
— John Calvin
as John Calvin rightly said, the human heart is an idol factory.
— Mark Driscoll
Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
— John Calvin
Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.
— John Calvin
The sum is, that man cannot claim a single particle of righteousness to himself, without at the same time detracting from the glory of the divine righteousness.
— John Calvin