Zitate von Johannes Calvin
Johannes Calvin
Geburtstag: 10. Juli 1509
Todesdatum: 27. Mai 1564
Andere Namen: جان کالون
Johannes Calvin war ein Reformator französischer Abstammung und Begründer des Calvinismus. Er gilt als Vertreter einer kerygmatischen Theologie. Wikipedia
Zitate Johannes Calvin
Sermon Number 10 on I Corinthians, 698. As quoted in John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1989) by William J. Bouwsma, pp. 134–135.
Epistles to the Corinthians
„Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.“
— John Calvin, buch Institutes of the Christian Religion
Quelle: Institutes of the Christian Religion
„True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.“
— John Calvin, buch Institutes of the Christian Religion
Book 1 Chapter 1, p. 44
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Kontext: Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.
„It is better to limp in the way, than run with the greatest swiftness out of it.“
— John Calvin, buch Institutes of the Christian Religion
Book 1, Chapter 6, p. 72
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Quelle: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
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