“I cannot think such language either right, or becoming, or s…”

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“I cannot think such language either right, or becoming, or suitable. ... To call the Virgin Mary the mother of God can only serve to confirm the ignorant in their superstitions.”

— John Calvin

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Title: Wikiquote: John Calvin
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Calvin, John. (n.d.). Wikiquote: John Calvin. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Calvin

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