That's odd, coming from a Calvinist.
Nonetheless, your quotes are appreciated, but luckily the Church never took isolated quotes and stopped, but kept on reading. God's message must be understood in its entirety, as contained in the Church Tradition, and not in isolated quotes.
kosta-"That's odd, coming from a Calvinist....but luckily the Church never took isolated quotes and stopped, but kept on reading."
Not really. God made all of us exactly as we are. There is not one thing that you have that has not been given you by God including your hopes, desires, faith, etc. God fashioned each of us according to His purpose.
And, I believe, you will find that is the conclusion the early Christians came to after they finished reading.