Whatever Calvin was or was not, he was a man to whom religion was the very breath of life. His piety was as profound as it was constant. All that was best, noblest and most influential in him (Rénan calls him the most Christian man of his generation) is traceable to its true source in a heart that was wholly given to God. Never has a more genuinely consecrated life been lived than his.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Whatever Calvin was or was not, he was a man to whom religion was the very breath of life. His piety was as profound as it was constant. All that was best, noblest and most influential in him (Rénan calls him the most Christian man of his generation) is traceable to its true source in a heart that was wholly given to God. Never has a more genuinely consecrated life been lived than his." in the context of "Adam Mitchell Hunter, The Teaching of Calvin: A Modern Interpretation (2nd ed. 1950), p. 4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.