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 not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood works, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.
Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.
Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments.
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?