The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.
John CalvinCan true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.
John CalvinWherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God.
John Calvin