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Calvin on the preeminence of man in Genesis 1:26:
"Truly there are many things in this corrupted nature which may
induce contempt; but if you rightly weigh all circumstances, man is, among
other creatures, a certain pre-eminent specimen of Divine wisdom, justice, and
goodness, deservedly called by the ancients mikrikosmos, 'a world in
miniature.'"
Calvin on how sin has damaged the imago Dei in his commentary on Genesis
1:26:
"But now, although some obscure lineaments of that image are found
remaining in us; yet are they so vitiated and maimed, that they may truly be
said to be destroyed.”
Calvin on total depravity:
“For besides the deformity which everywhere appears unsightly, this evil
is added, that no part is free from the infection of sin."
Calvin on the imago Christi:
"Since the image of God has been destroyed in us by the fall, we
may judge from its restoration what it originally had been. Paul says we are
transformed into the image of God by the gospel. And according to [Paul],
spiritual regeneration is nothing else than the restoration of the same image.
(Col. iii.10, and Eph. iv.23)."
JTR
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