Quotes about Spirituality
When the law is separated from Christ, nothing is left but empty forms.
— John Calvin
For every family of the pious ought to be a church.
— John Calvin
On the other hand, it is well known that a person never comes to the clear knowledge of himself unless he has first contemplated the face of the Lord, and afterward descended to consider himself.
— John Calvin
Accordingly, the knowledge of ourselves not only arouses us to seek God, but also, as it were, leads us by the hand to find him.
— John Calvin
Since men do not create their own life but obtain life precariously from another, it follows that God dwells in them.
— John Calvin
If only we were convinced deep in our hearts that persecutions are among God's blessings, what progress we should make in the knowledge of divine truth!
— John Calvin
error never can be eradicated from the heart of man until the true knowledge of God has been implanted in it. Section
— John Calvin
For the one who has learned to regard God in everything he does is at the same time being drawn away from every vain thought.
— John Calvin
The Church is our mother, inasmuch as God has committed to her the kind office of bringing us up in the faith until we attain full age.
— John Calvin
we cannot have a clear and complete knowledge of God unless it is accompanied by a corresponding knowledge of ourselves. This
— John Calvin
the Church may exist without any apparent form, and, moreover, that the form is not ascertained by that external splendour which they foolishly admire, but by a very different mark, namely, by the pure preaching of the word of God, and the due administration of the sacraments.
— John Calvin
Since Christ, our Head, has ascended to heaven, we should leave our carnal desires behind and lift our hearts upward to him.
— John Calvin