5 Solas Quotes

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Theodore Beza

2 quotations · Works cited: A Brief and Pithy Sum of Christian Faith (Confession, 1560); The Christian Faith

Decrees & Providence

For besides the fact that God, who is supremely good, can make nothing except what is good, if man had been brought forth depraved and evil, God could have had no sufficiently just cause for punishing that wickedness of which he himself would have been the creator and author.

— Theodore Beza, The Christian Faith, ch. 3, art. 7
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Christ

In brief, there is scarcely one title given to Jesus Christ, nor one which prophesies of Him, which they do not attribute to her, calling her Queen of Heaven, Porter of Paradise, their life, their sweetness, treasurer of grace, the refuge and advocate of sinners—thus dishonoring Him and also making the poor people understand that they honor her contrary to the whole Word of God and the writings of the most ancient teachers.

— Theodore Beza, A Brief and Pithy Sum of Christian Faith (Confession, 1560), Point 7, §4: The Papists Abolish the True Intercession of Jesus Christ
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