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.
ABRAHAM KUYPER- . This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
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. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.
More Abraham Kuyper Quotes
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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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The seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
ABRAHAM KUYPERThe seminaries must be like the churches’ poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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To which Bible and Creation bear witness, until the nation pays homage again to Go
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The Holy Scripture is like a diamond: in the dark it is like a piece of glass, but as soon as the light strikes it the water begins to sparkle, and the scintillation of life greets us.
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You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
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God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
ABRAHAM KUYPERGod created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.
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And there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
ABRAHAM KUYPERAnd there is a beauty which God grants when by His grace men are born again. That kind of beauty never vanishes but blooms eternally.
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He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
ABRAHAM KUYPERHe is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
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Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God
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In the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord
ABRAHAM KUYPERIn the school and in the State for the good of the people; to carve as it were into the conscience of the nation the ordinances of the Lord
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And, unable to grasp the holier benefits of religion, the mysticism of the heart reacts in the art-intoxication. ….
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On the other hand … by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state.
ABRAHAM KUYPEROn the other hand … by virtue of our natural impulse, we must ever watch against the danger which lurks for our personal liberty in the power of the state.
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Notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than ‘rotten to the very core’?
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Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life
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One high motive has acted like a spur upon my mind and soul. and sooner than that I should seek escape from the sacred necessity that is laid upon me, let the breath of life fail me.
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