To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.
The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.
Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.
Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.
Reformation, like education, is a journey, not a destination.
I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation.
But tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation.
But human nature is not to be totally changed even by such a force as the Reformation.
You can make yourself feel better about yourself if you project your shadow side, if you project your own potential for evil onto someone else. By annihilating them and, therefore, your shadow, you bring yourself into some state of purity or reformation.
Be brave, then, for your captain is brave, and vows
reformation.
Calvin is named after John Calvin (1509-1564), a leader of the Reformation. John Calvin was well-known for expressing his opinions in a most lucid, logical and convincing manner. Six-year old Calvin is similarly eloquent in the expression of his opinions.
And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.
A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah.
A man who has reformed himself has contributed his full share towards the reformation of his neighbor.
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