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>>20568755
John Calvin

And yet Spain is still a shithole...curious... BTW, it's called the protestant work ethic, and even though our workspaces been perverted by women going into the work place, regulations, bureaucracy, BS jobs, welfare, the sexual revolution, dissolution of marriage, &c., &c. still, it is what made the Northern nations of Europe great. The marvelous glory that is WASP civilisation, when compared to the backwards popish world, and especially nations like Spain, is a testament to this very fact. Unfortunately, atheistic and Jewish forces have perverted this once great tradition of work...

What is your opinion on Unconditional Election?
Does that make it unfair?
Or do we even have the knowledge/capability to judge the actions of God?
Personally, this is what made me deviate from the Christian faith. I still feel immaturely bitter to the Christian God for creating sentient beings and suffer under his judgement just for his glory.

Also, I feel like Conditional election(the Arminian counter-argument) is unbiblical and does not hold any validity under scrutiny.

>>19720522
>>Who's the best Modern Church of Satan writer?
Based
>Gnosticism
Cringe

Are there any non-Calvinist books about Christian elitism i.e. the idea that only a select few will attain salvation and others will be condemned to eternity in Hell and have no means of improving their lot?

>>19386795
Practice protestantism then you fucking faggot.
> But muh Mary worship
> But muh idols
> But my big guy in le funny hat
Fuck off larper, read your Bible.

>Bible
https://biblehub.com/

>The Gospel
https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-the-gospel.html

>Historic Creeds and Confessions
https://carm.org/creeds-and-confessions/

>Reformation Church History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q42sNouFBM&list=PLRgREWf4NFWY1ZaP-falnLFIR9texgvjR

>Free eBooks directory
https://www.monergism.com/

>Saint of the Week
Ioannes Calvinus de Geneva

God made humanity fall in order to further glorify Himself.

Would his conclusions be any different if he was aware that the letters of Ignatius were genuine and not Catholic forgeries?

>be Catholic
>not Roman Catholic

>>17565867
Read "The Practice of Piety" by Lewis Bayly and "Institutes of the Christian Religion" by Jehan Cauvin.

>free will

>>17250182
Yes.

>>16456513
you WILL repent.

Is it worth studying?
I get the very bare basics of it, but would it be rewarding to read all its foundational works and try to get a thorough understanding of it?
Also, do you believe it to be right or wrong?

Is it worth studying?
I get the very bare basics of it, but would it be rewarding to read all its foundational works and try to get a thorough understanding of it?
Also, do you believe it to be right or wrong?

And what are his most essential works?

>>14652583
>worship God and act virtuous all your life
>God determines you will die now, and, by his Grace, find salvation in heaven
>>14652616
>Be a devout Papist, who distracts himself with material props and seeks salvation in humanly devised ceremonies
>never receives God's Grace due to his corruption; his defilement of the innocent only confirming what is waiting for him in eternity anyway with all the other Papists

Exodus 7: "But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you"

Isn't this stark proof of predetermination? It may be the old testament but exodus is one of the most canonical books going to the extent that the law of moses had to be acknowledged and reformed in the new testament and anyway the concept of God's nature somehow changing from the old testament is very questionable and most certainly non-canonical

>>14117950
>why not simply broadcast himself telepathically to everyone
He didn't need to, the decision to believe was never your voice to make, it was predestined.