John Calvin Issue 12 | 1986

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“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 the world; a man who burned himself out for the gospel.“

Banner of Truth Trust

“…Calvin made such a mark upon his age and, even beyond it, exercised an influence which does not yet seem likely to decline. Even more than a thinker, … he was a leader of men.“

Francols Wendel, Historian

“The Genevese should bless the birthday of Calvin.“

Montesquieu, Eighteenth century Philosopher and Political Theorist

“The longer I live the clearer does it appear that John Calvin’s system is the nearest to perfection.”

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, English Preacher

“The strength of that heretic [Calvin] consisted in this, that money never had the slightest charm for him. If I had such servants my dominion would extend from sea to sea.“

Pope Pius IV, Roman Pontiff at time of Calvin’s death

“Taking ...