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John Calvin Quotes: The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.
         

The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.


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