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Compare also the concluding remarks of his French biography, vol. XXI.
46 (Aug. 19, 1564).
John Sturm of Strassburg (1507–1589).
“John Calvin was endued with a most acute judgment, the highest
learning, and a prodigious memory, and was distinguished as a
writer by variety, copiousness, and purity, as may be seen for
instance from his Institutes of the Christian Religion … I know of
no work which is better adapted to teach religion, to correct
morals, and to remove errors.”
Jerome Zanchi (1516–1590).
An Italian convert to Protestantism. Professor at Strassburg and
Heidelberg.
From a letter to the Landgrave of Hesse.
“Calvin, whose memory is honored, as all Europe knows, was held
in the highest estimation, not only for eminent piety and the highest
learning (praestanti pietate et maxima eruditione), but likewise for
singular judgment on every subject (singulari in rebus omnibus
judicio clarissimus).”
Bishop Jewel (1522–1571).
“Calvin, a reverend father, and worthy ornament of the Church of
God.”
Joseph Scaliger (1640–1609).
“Calvin is an instructive and learned theologian, with a higher
purity and elegance of style than is expected from a theologian. The
two most eminent theologians of our times are John Calvin and
Peter Martyr; the former of whom has treated sound learning as it
ought to be treated, with truth and purity and simplicity, without
any of the scholastic subtleties. Endued with a divine genius, he
penetrated into many things which lie beyond the reach of all who
are not deeply skilled in the Hebrew language, though he did not
himself belong to that class.”