Papa Smurf
Simul Justus et Peccator
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This is a short excerpt from one of Calvin's most famous (and perhaps most important) pieces of correspondence (which is saying something because he managed to write far more in his short lifetime than most people are capable of reading). It is truly one of Calvin's little gems. Enjoy
--Papa Smurf
p.s. - if anyone is interested in reading Calvin's letter in its entirety, you can find Cardinal Sadoleto's letter and Calvin's famous reply to it, here.
We are assailed by two sects, which seem to differ most widely from each other. For what similitude is there in appearance between the Pope and the Anabaptists? And yet, that you may see that Satan never transforms himself so cunningly, as not in some measure to betray himself, the principal weapon with which they both assail us is the same. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency certainly is to sink and bury the Word of God, that they may make room for their own falsehoods.
~John Calvin, Reply to Sadoleto (1539)
Thoughts?--Papa Smurf
p.s. - if anyone is interested in reading Calvin's letter in its entirety, you can find Cardinal Sadoleto's letter and Calvin's famous reply to it, here.
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