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Sermon Number 10 on I Corinthians, 698. As quoted in John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1989) by William J. Bouwsma, pp. 134–135.
Epistles to the Corinthians
“True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.”
Book 1 Chapter 1, p. 44
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Kontext: Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.
“Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.”
Zdroj: Institutes of the Christian Religion
“It is better to limp in the way, than run with the greatest swiftness out of it.”
Book 1, Chapter 6, p. 72
Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536; 1559)
Zdroj: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
Page 38.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)
Zdroj: Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
Page 23.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)
Zdroj: Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols
Page 39.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)