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All truth is God's truth.

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John Calvin
Age: 54 †
Born: 1509
Born: July 10
Died: 1564
Died: May 27
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Protestant Reformer
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Noviomagus Veromanduorum
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The name of Christ excludes all merit of our own.
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I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
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The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.
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Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
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