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Quotes from John Calvin on the "death" of the Church: "But as soon as falsehood has forced its way into the citadel of religion, as soon as the sum of necessary doctrine is inverted, and the use of the sacraments is destroyed, the death of the Church undoubtedly ensues, just as the life of man is destroyed when his throat is pierced, or his vitals mortally wounded" "Again, if the true Church is the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15), it is certain that there is no Church where lying and falsehood have usurped the ascendancy" "But if the fundamental articles of religion are injured or suppressed, and the essential elements of the sacraments are destroyed, then the Church dies, and ceases to exist" "This falsehood prevails under the Papacy. Hence the Papacy is not a Church"
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