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Mr. Magoo
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| Posted 5/24/2003 7:34 PM (GMT -6) |   | George Bancroft, one of America's greatest historians called John Calvin "the father of America." German historian von Ranke said "John Calvin was the virtual founder of America." The French author and historian, D'Augibne, said, "Calvin was the founder of the greatest of republics."
Every nation in existence has been founded upon either a theistic or an atheistic principle. America was founded on Christ and His Word. Credit is not given where due, due to the spread of secularism, and Amerca's true roots have been forgotten.
John Calvin is considered to be one of the greatest original thinkers of all times; however, his thinking was not original. He was an expositer of Scripture and his thinking was that of Jesus Christ.
George Bancroft said, "He who will not honor the memory and respect the influence of Calvin knows little of the origin of American liberty."
Calvin's influence is far broader than the Presbyterian Church however. Two or three centuries ago not only were there Presbyterian Calvinists, but so were all of the Pilgrims, Anglicans or Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Puritans, the Reformed of Holland, Germany, and Switzerland, and the Huguenots of France.
The American government is a republic. Everywhere Presbyterianism has gained dominion, it has produced a republic. Every republic gov't that exists in the world was produced by the influence of Presbyterianism and Calvinism. This has been stated by innumerable historians. According to Lorraine Boettner, "Calvinism has been the chief source of republican government."
Government is related to Calvinism as cause and effect. The numerous constitutions, covenants, and compacts created and signed by the early settlers paved the way for our constitutional form of gov't and it all began with the church covenants of the Calvinists.
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