Turretin Francis Quotes & Sayings

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth. — George Saunders

What o'clock is it, Victor? asked Dorian Gray, sleepily. — Oscar Wilde

Words want to find chimes with each other, things want to connect. — Paul Muldoon

The word "freewill" (as also "self-determining power" [autexousiou] used by the Greek Fathers) does not occur in Scripture ... I Cor 7:37 does not mean freedom of the will. — Francis Turretin

Emmy has embarked on her journey to enrich the world with smiles. They are free, healthy, and often, very contagious. — Emmy Swain

The Swiss current of Reformed theology of Francis Turretin and Johann Heinrich Heidegger differed from the French approach exemplified by the Academy of Saumur. The northern German Reformed line of Bremen or of the Middle-European Herborn Academy differed from that of the Franeker theologians in the tradition of William Ames. At Leiden, the Cocceian or federalist approach was not identical with the Voetian project at Utrecht. Likewise, the British variety of Reformed theology (John Owen, Richard Baxter), with all its diversity, and the several types of Reformed teaching on the Continent each had an emphasis of their own. Methodologically, this means that we no longer can canonize Geneva, or contrast a non-scholastic Calvin with the later scholastic Calvinists as if they represented a uniform movement. — Willem J. Van Asselt

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model. — Kate Moss

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' — Maya Angelou