Émile Doumergue, Jean Calvin, IV, p. 29, quoted in John T. McNeill, 'Introduction' to John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, translated by Ford Lewis Battles (1960), p. liii
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For Calvin, religion and piety are one and the same thing.
— Émile Doumergue
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About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
About John Calvin
John Calvin (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a major French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation; he is renowned for his teaching and infamous for his role in the execution of Michael Servetus.
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