#Calvin on Christians in name only, Institutes 3.6.4 #AmTranslating
"And here is the place to rebuke those who possess nothing more than the label and badge of Christ and yet want to be called 'Christians.' Where do they get the audacity to boast in his holy name? ...
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"And here is the place to rebuke those who possess nothing more than the label and badge of Christ and yet want to be called 'Christians.' Where do they get the audacity to boast in his holy name? ...
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Therefore, let them either stop boasting of being what they are not, which is an affront to God, or show themselves to be worthy students of Christ their schoolmaster.
2/6
2/6
We have given the leading role to the doctrine that contains our religion because our salvation begins there, but this teaching must flow into our heart and permeate our conduct of life, and even transform us into itself so that it will be productive for us.
3/6
3/6
The philosophers rightly burn with anger and disapprovingly expel from their company those who, when they profess a discipline that should be the schoolmistress of life, turn it into sophistical babbling. How much more reason do we have to despise these blathering sophists!
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4/6
They are content with rolling the gospel on the tips of their tongues (the gospel that is a hundred times more effective than the cold appeals of the philosophers)
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5/6
when the gospel should penetrate into the most intimate affection of the heart, take hold of the soul, and have an effect on the whole human being."
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