John Calvin on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
One is certainly inclined to disagree with the analysis of Calvin. But perhaps it would be wise to acknowledge his warning about those with "an extreme fondness for disputation."
Augustine on Debt and Words
"Yet woe to those who are silent about you because, though loquacious with verbosity, they have nothing to say.” —St. Augustine, Confessions 1.4
Calvin on Spirit and Word
"Hence we infer that this is a most valuable treasure of the Church, that he has chosen for himself a habitation in it, to dwell in the hearts of believers by his Spirit, and next to preserve among them the doctrine of his gospel." - Calvin
Dort on Gospel Threats
"God preserves, continues, and completes this work by the hearing and reading of the gospel, by meditation on it, by its exhortations, threats, and promises." - Canons of Dort
Walter Marshall on Faith in Christ
"Therefore, though we receive a perfect Christ by faith, yet the measure and degree of enjoying him is imperfect; and we hope still, so long as we are in this world, to enjoy him in a higher degree of perfection than we have done." - Walter Marshall
Bavinck on The Image of God and Creation
"The image of God is much too rich for it to be fully realized in a single human being, however richly gifted that human being may be." - Bavinck
Predestination Not An All-Encompassing Principle
"God's predestinating or determining will is an important element in the Reformed system, but it is not an all-encompassing principle." - Willem J. van Asselt
Calvin on Science and Sight
"He does not call us up into heaven, he only proposes things which lie open before our eyes." - John Calvin
Calvin on Baptism in 1 Peter 3:21
We then cannot otherwise derive benefit from baptism, than by having all our thoughts fixed on the death and the resurrection of Christ.
Urisnus on Fruits and True Faith
"Fruits distinguish true faith from that faith which is merely historical and temporary" — Zacharias Ursinus
John Calvin on Our Invincible Weapons
"We are really and effectually supplied with invincible weapons to subdue the flesh, if we partake as we ought of the efficacy of Christ’s death." - John Calvin
Our Created Nature: Above All We Are Religious
Our Created Nature: embodied, rational, voluntary, emotional, social, communicative, and above all, religious.
Calvin on Love, Righteousness, and Merit
Love assuredly is the chief commandment in the Law, and since the Spirit of God trains us to love, it cannot but be a cause of righteousness in us, though that righteousness even in the saints is defective, and therefore of no value as a ground of merit.
Calvin on Justification in the Epistle of James
"James will not allow any to be regarded as justified who are destitute of good works." - John Calvin
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