Entries Categorized as 'Calvinism'

a cruel joy? anne brontë’s word to the calvinists.

Date February 12, 2007

Charlotte Brontë wrote Jane Eyre. Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights. Their sister Anne Brontë wrote this:

A Word To The Calvinists
by Anne Brontë

You may rejoice to think yourselves secure,
You may be grateful for the gift divine,
That grace unsought which made your black hearts pure
And fits your earthborn souls in Heaven to shine.
But is it sweet [...]

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calvin, the genevan consistory, and the family: who knew?

Date August 28, 2006

“The Consistory is for fornicators, and I am no fornicator,” replied the Purse-Maker and former Anabaptist Jane Pignier to a direct question from Consistory member John Calvin in December, 1544 (1). Perhaps she was not, but the Consistory took note of her frequent association with Benoite Jacon, wife of Pierre Amyaux, who admitted adultery to [...]

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