“The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.”

—  John Calvin

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

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French Protestant reformer 1509–1564

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