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Quotes from John Calvin

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.
~ John Calvin
Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.
~ John Calvin
Faith is the evidence of divine adoption.
~ John Calvin
Faith is not a distant view, but a warm embrace of Christ.
~ John Calvin
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.
~ John Calvin
It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"! (Institutio III.2.3)
~ John Calvin
The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory
~ John Calvin
Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.
~ John Calvin
When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.
~ John Calvin
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve
~ John Calvin
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.
~ John Calvin