"There is no reason why the ingratitude of the world should dishearten us, even though many hate us without cause, and, when provoked by no injury, study to do us harm; but let us be content with this single consolation, that God engages on our side in the war." ~Calvin
"For nothing is more absurd than for us to fix our minds on the actions of men, and not on God's word, in which is to be found the rule of a holy life." ~Calvin on Lev. 18:4
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John Calvin on Christian Nationalism: "God does not now command us to execute vengeance by putting all the wicked to death; nor is a certain country assigned to the Church in which it may dwell apart and have dominion." Comments on Ex 34:11
"...and so when you're talking about freedom, I'm not talking about the freedom of anarchy. I'm talking about the freedom of allowing the text to speak for itself without the imposition of an external authority that is not derived from the text itself."
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"When a Protestant interprets the scripture, he is not given freedom to misinterpret the scripture. Paul said untaught and unstable men distort the scriptures. So, taught and stable men then are able to teach the scriptures properly."
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"There is no reason why the ingratitude of the world should dishearten us, even though many hate us without cause, and, when provoked by no injury, study to do us harm; but let us be content with this single consolation, that God engages on our side in the war." ~Calvin
...the flesh of Christ is vivifying bread, because when we are united to it by faith, it nourishes and feeds our souls...this is done in a spiritual manner, only because the bond of this sacred union is the secret and incomprehensible virtue of the Holy Spirit.~Calvin to Westphal
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"It is one thing to say that the substance of Christ is present in the bread to give life to us, and another to say, that the flesh of Christ gives us life, because life flows from its substance into our souls." ~Calvin
True physical presence or true spiritual presence?