We are not our own: let not our reason nor our will, therefore, sway our plans and deeds. We are not our own: let us therefore not set it as our goal to seek what is expedient for us according to the flesh.
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"The reprobate are not only destitute of the Spirit, but are also given up to a reprobate mind."
"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."
"...those whom God passes over [praeterit], he condemns [reprobat]; and this he does for no other reason than that he wills to exclude them from the inheritance which he predestines [praedestinat] for …"
"God always remains true to himself."
"The Lord then would have all the godly to burn with so much zeal in the defense of lawful worship and true religion, that no connection, no relationship, nor any other consideration, connected with th…"
French theologian whose Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536) systematized Protestant Reformed doctrine, including predestination. Closely associated with Martin Luther (Reformation founder, Calvin's predecessor). For an intellectual contrast, see Jacobus Arminius, Dutch Reformed theologian (1560-1609) — Arminius's rejection of strict double-predestination founded Arminianism — the theological tradition modern Methodism, most evangelicalism, and Pentecostalism descend from. The Calvinist-Arminian debate has divided Protestantism for 400 years.
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Stop treating yourself as the center of your own universe. Your thinking and your desires shouldn't be the compass guiding your choices. Don't chase what feels personally comfortable or physically advantageous. Real wisdom means surrendering self-interest as the primary motive and recognizing that your life belongs to something larger than your own appetites and ambitions.
Calvin built his entire theology around God's absolute sovereignty and human unworthiness. He famously disciplined Geneva with strict moral codes, subordinating personal freedom to divine will. His Institutes of the Christian Religion systematically argued against human self-sufficiency. He personally sacrificed comfort, enduring exile and relentless controversy, embodying his belief that self-denial was the foundation of genuine Christian life.
The Protestant Reformation shattered medieval Catholicism's institutional authority, leaving Europeans asking: who guides moral life now? Humanism was elevating human reason and individual dignity simultaneously. Calvin's answer pushed back hard against both Catholic ritualism and humanist self-confidence. In an era of religious wars, political instability, and theological fragmentation, his radical theocentric vision offered a counter-narrative to emerging individualism.
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