Frases de Juan Calvino

„La meta de la nueva vida en Cristo es que los hijos de Dios exhiban la “melodía y armonía” de Dios en su conducta. ¿Qué melodía? La canción del Dios de justicia. ¿Qué armonía? La armonía entre la justicia de Dios y nuestra obediencia.“

—  Juan Calvino

El libro de Oro de la verdadera vida cristiana

„Hay que recordar que el diablo tiene sus milagros, también.“

—  Juan Calvino

„Nadie está excluido de pedir a Dios, la puerta de la salvación está abierta para todos los hombres.“

—  Juan Calvino

„Si una mujer expulsa el feto de su vientre con drogas, esto es un crimen inexpiable por Dios.“

—  Juan Calvino

„La mente del hombre es como una tienda de idolatrías y supersticiones.“

—  Juan Calvino

„Todas las cosas están a disposición de Dios, y la decisión de la salvación o la muerte perteneciente a él.“

—  Juan Calvino

„La tortura de una mala conciencia es el infierno de un alma viviente.“

—  Juan Calvino

„Cada uno de nosotros es, incluso desde el vientre de nuestra madre, un maestro artesano de ídolos.“

—  Juan Calvino

„Sin conocimiento de uno mismo no hay conocimiento de Dios.“

—  Juan Calvino

„No hay un poco de brizna de hierba, no hay color en este mundo que no tenga la intención de hacer que los hombres se regocijen.“

—  Juan Calvino

„A dog barks and stands at bay if he sees any one assault his master. I should be indeed remiss, if, seeing the truth of God thus attacked, I should remain dumb, without giving one note of warning.“

—  John Calvin

Letter 130 (to the Queen of Navarre), 28 April, 1545.

„There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.“

—  John Calvin

Sermon Number 10 on I Corinthians, 698. As quoted in John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1989) by William J. Bouwsma, pp. 134–135.
Epistles to the Corinthians

„It is better to limp in the way, than run with the greatest swiftness out of it.“

—  John Calvin, libro Institutes of the Christian Religion

Book 1, Chapter 6, p. 72
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)

„We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.“

—  John Calvin

„There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.“

—  John Calvin

„If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house, then in a field,… it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.“

—  John Calvin

„The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul.“

—  John Calvin

„A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent“

—  John Calvin

„True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.“

—  John Calvin, libro Institutes of the Christian Religion

Book 1 Chapter 1, p. 44
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Contexto: Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.