John Calvin
John Calvin
John Calvinwas an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, aspects of which include the doctrine of predestination and the absolute sovereignty of God in salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. In these areas Calvin was influenced by the Augustinian tradition. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth10 July 1509
CountryFrance
We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.
Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.
If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.
Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.
All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions
Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.
Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.
If the gospel be not preached, Jesus Christ is, as it were, buried.
The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works.
But a most pernicious error widely prevails that Scripture has only so much weight as is conceded to it by the consent of the church. As if the eternal and inviolable truth of God depended upon the decision of men!
We are promised abundance of all good things--yet we are rich only in hunger and thirst. What would become of us if we did not take our stand on hope, and if our heart did not hasten beyond this world!
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.
Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us.