“He (Calvin) the most Christian man of his age.”
--Ernst Renan, French Historian
“Calvin was one of those strong and consistent men of history who people either liked or disliked, adored or abhorred.“
-- Lewis W. Spitz, Lutheran Historian
“To omit Calvin from the forces of Western evolution is to read history with one eye shut.“
-- Lord John Morley English Scholar
“The sixteenth century was a great century. It was the century of Raphael and Michelangelo, of Spenser and Shakespeare, of Erasmus and Rabelais, of Copernicus d Galileo, of Luther and Calvin. Of all the figures that gave greatness to this century, none left a more lasting heritage than Calvin.“
-- Georgia Harkness, Theologian
“Few great Christian leaders have suffered quite so much misunderstanding as John Calvin. He has often been dismissed as a theologian without humanity. In fact, the very reverse is much nearer the truth…. He was a man of deep and lasting affection, passionately concerned for the cause of Christ in ...
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