John Calvin — Spiritual Quotes

193 quotes · Theologian, Reformer

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John Calvin Quotes

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John Calvin

Theologian, Reformer

Spiritual

“The whole life of Christians ought to be an exercise of piety, since they are called to sanctification. It is the office of the law to remind them of their duty and thereby to excite them to the pursuit of holiness and integrity. But when their consciences are solicitous how God may be propitiated, what answer they shall make, and on what they shall rest their confidence, if called to his tribunal, there must then be no consideration of the requisitions of the law, but Christ alone must be proposed for righteousness, who exceeds all the perfection of the law.”

Christian Exercise Integrity

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John Calvin

Theologian, Reformer

Spiritual

“Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.”

Christianity Genuine Knowledge Of God

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Spiritual

“Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.”

Men Poverty

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Spiritual

“The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.”

Christian Prayer

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Spiritual

“I exhort all, who reverence the Word of the Lord, to read it, and diligently imprint it on their memory.”

Memories Lord Reverence

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Spiritual

“The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.”

Men Spiritual Nature

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Spiritual

“Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.”

Prayer Mercy

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Spiritual

“Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.”

Men Justice

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Spiritual

“True it is, that he who has taken off his affection from the goods of this world has already sold all, and has made himself poor, so far as depends upon himself; but the fruit and the proof of this spiritual poverty are, patiently to endure the loss of worldly goods, and without any regret, when it pleases our heavenly Father that we should be despoiled of them.”

Spiritual Father Regret

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Spiritual

“He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.”

Looks Doe Vain

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Spiritual

“Faith is tossed about by various doubts, so that the minds of the godly are rarely at peace.”

Mind Doubt Godly

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Spiritual

“We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness.”

Men Acceptance Righteous Man

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