“I will begin with the Church, into whose bosom God is
pleased to collect his children, not only that by her aid and ministry they may
be nourished so long as they are babes and children, but may also be guided by
her maternal care until they grow up to manhood, and, finally, attain to the
perfection of faith. What God has thus joined, let not man put asunder (Mark x.
9): to those to whom he is a Father, the Church must also be a Mother" (John
Calvin, The Institutes of the Christian
Religion, trans. Henry Beveridge (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company, 1989), Book IV.I.1.).
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