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 blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.
God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.
If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.
Joy and patience are far above our strength... We must persevere in prayer that he may not permit our hearts to faint... Prayer and perseverance are necessary in our daily conflicts. The best remedy to the weariness is diligence in prayer.
True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.
We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself.
Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.
It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.
A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.
If grace acts in us, grace, and not we who do the work, but will be crowned.
God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.