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Calvinism is an all-embracing system of principles... It is rooted in a form of religion which was peculiarly its own, and form that specific religious consciousness there was developed first a particular theology, then a special church-order, and then a given form for political and social life.

Abraham Kuyper

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Abraham Kuyper
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: October 29
Died: 1920
Died: November 8
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It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.
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The curse should no longer rest upon the world itself, but upon that which is sinful in it, and instead of monastic flight from the world the duty is now emphasized of serving God in the world, in every position in life.
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How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye, notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than 'rotten to the very core'?
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.
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We understand hereby, that the family, the business, science, art and so forth are all social spheres, which do not owe their existence to the State, but obey a high authority within their own bosom an authority which rules, by the grace of God, just as the sovereignty of the State does.
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Unity is the ultimate goal of all the ways of God.
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The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer, and that what exists corresponds only partially to all of this.
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Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.
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