Referring to (Isaiah 49:23) in a letter to William Cecil (May 1559), in Bonnet (1980), op. cit., p. 212; also in Hastings Robinson, ed., The Zurich letters: Comprising the Correspondence of several English Bishops and others with some of the Helvetian reformers, during the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, (Second Series. A.D. 1558-1602), Cambridge (England): University Press, 1845, p. 35.
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God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church.
— John Calvin
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "God promised by the mouth of Isaiah that queens should be the nursing mothers of the church." in the context of "Referring to (Isaiah 49:23) in a letter to William Cecil (May 1559), in Bonnet (1980), op. cit., p. 212; also in Hastings Robinson, ed., The Zurich letters: Comprising the Correspondence of several English Bishops and others with some of the Helvetian reformers, during the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, (Second Series. A.D. 1558-1602), Cambridge (England): University Press, 1845, p. 35." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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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