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  • I suppose I thought that since the old lifers hold no punches with neo-calvinists and two-kingdomers and Kuyperians and pretty much anybody who does not hold to the strict letter of the Westminster Standards, and they promote a liturgical Reformed faith, they would not be so keen on a Baptist (however Reformed) whose church uses guitars at times, etc.

    News to Me « Unknowing 2010

  • I think most of you on this blog are Protestants (calvinists, presbyterian, etc) so we obviously have a radically different approach of Christianity.

    The Better Part 2008

  • The authors might go for it, awards are, after all, awards, but the publishers are a bunch of calvinists.

    Swag-gering Roger Sutton 2006

  • His background was Scottish Calvinist and as Alan Massie remarked, almost all of us calvinists to a man care deeply for the welfare of the Jewish people.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The religious world in both of its two standing camps was convulsed, for if Gorham had lost the day it would or might have meant the expulsion from the establishment of calvinists and evangelicals bag and baggage.

    The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880

  • Of his trusty garrison of 90 men a goodly portion were calvinists, the rest, however, with the chaplain of the forces, were disciples of Luther.

    Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

  • In 1556, its organ was a very small one; it was afterwards enlarged; but, in 1562, it was destroyed by the calvinists.

    Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Th��odore Licquet 1809

  • This screen, was erected in 1462 by the munificence of the cardinal d'Estouteville; in 1562, it was partly destroyed by the calvinists, and repaired in 1655, by William Cotterel, grand prior of Saint-Ouen.

    Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Th��odore Licquet 1809

  • This library was plundered and destroyed by the calvinists, in 1562, but, was restored by the archbishop Francis de Harley.

    Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Th��odore Licquet 1809

  • The bas-reliefs, which decorate the doorways under the three entrances from the porch, were more or less mutilated by the calvinists in 1562.

    Rouen, It's History and Monuments A Guide to Strangers Th��odore Licquet 1809

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