Category: John Calvin

John Calvin (1509–1564) was the French reformer who spent most of his ministry in Geneva, preaching several times a week and training pastors for churches across Europe. His Institutes of the Christian Religion became the most influential work of Protestant theology. Calvin’s reputation is for doctrine, but his writing is warmly pastoral and full of the knowledge of God and of ourselves. The quotes below come from the Institutes, his commentaries and his sermons.
Start with: Institutes of the Christian Religion · Sermons on the Beatitudes · Calvin’s Commentaries (complete set)