Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
Protestant reformer
Cited as a summary of his theology, though not a direct quote from his major works, it reflects his central tenets.
c. 1550s
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"Faith is a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us."
Humorous"For we must not think that it is an arbitrary will in God that is the cause of election, but that he wills justly and without fault."
Shocking"Therefore, the bondage of the will to sin remains and yet such slavery is a voluntary and willful captivity."
Controversial"The mind of man is a perpetual forge of idols."
Humorous"It is a horrible decree, I confess, but no one can deny that God foreknew what the end of man was to be before he created him, and that he foreknew it because he had so ordained it."
Shocking