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
The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.
Though Satan instils his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the commission of sin, but our own flesh entices us, and we willingly yield to its allurements.
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. 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.
All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.
Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.
Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.
Surely in Judas' betrayal it will be no more right, because God both willed that his Son be delivered up, and delivered him up to death, to ascribe the guilt of the crime to God than to transfer the credit for redemption to Judas.
Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.
Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.
All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.
It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.