Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by John Calvin

Quote by John Calvin

“Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.”

Quote by John Calvin

Create image

Author

John Calvin
John Calvin

John Calvin (July 10, 1509 - May 27, 1564) was a significant figure in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the founder of the Calvinist branch of Protestantism. He was a theologian, philosopher, and Christian reformer whose theological ideas had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more

You May Also Like

“God's Word will never pass away, but looking back to the Old Testament and since the time of Christ, with tears we must say that because of lack of fortitude and faithfulness on the part of God's people, God's Word has many times been allowed to be bent, to conform to the surrounding, passing, changing culture of that moment rather than to stand as the inerrant Word of God judging the form of the world spirit and the surrounding culture of that moment. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, may our children and grandchildren not say that such can be said about us.”

PeopleWorldMayChildrenSaidMomentsFormSpiritCultureJesusNamesChristLordTearsJudgingJesus ChristOur ChildrenPassingPassingsThat MomentWord Of GodLooking BackConformTestamentBentGrandchildrenFaithfulnessFortitudeOld TestamentPassing AwayLord Jesus ChristChildren And Grandchildren
Author:Francis Schaeffer
Create image

“Once Mel Gibson revealed himself to be, like the president, a person of serious religious faith, the gloves came off. Mel Gibson has done a major favor for serious faith, both Jewish and Christian, in America. He has made it "cool" to be religious, but in so doing he has unleashed the hatred of secular America against himself personally, against his work and against his family. God bless him.”

PersonsMadeDoneChristianAmericaPresidentReligiousSeriousMajorsHatredFavorsMade ItBlessSecularReligious FaithGlovesGod BlessUnleashed
Author:Daniel Lapin
Create image

“For the last 250 years or so, secularists have waited patiently for the fulfilment of their prediction that religion would die out in the next generation or two. But religious people have been singularly uncooperative, and new strategies have developed for controlling this blight on human progress. If religion won't "wither away" as philosopher Richard Rorty has wished, then perhaps it can be privatized and thereby removed from influence on public life‚ - sort of like localizing an outbreak of the plague.”

PeopleIfsYearsHumansHas BeensTwoLastsDiesNextReligiousProgressGenerationsInfluenceStrategyPhilosopherPredictionsPlagueNext GenerationPublic LifeFulfilmentHuman ProgressBlightOutbreaksUncooperative
Author:Daniel Taylor
Create image