John Calvin quotes - page 7
The name of Christ is used here instead of the Church, because the similitude was intended to apply-not to God's only-begotten Son, but to us. It is a passage that is full of choice consolation, inasmuch as he calls the Church Christ; for Christ confers upon us this honour -that he is willing to be esteemed and recognised, not in himself merely, but also in his members. Hence the same Apostle says elsewhere, (Eph. i. 23,) that the Church is his completion, as though he would, if separated from his members, be incomplete.
John Calvin
John Calvin
Occupation: French Protestant
Born: June 30, 1509
Died: May 17, 1564
Quotes count: 166
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