Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?

Quote by John Calvin

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We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -...

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I...

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I...

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that...

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of...

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want...

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our...

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our...

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and...

God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if...

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with...

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with...

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused...

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused...

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep...

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation

The knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation