>’Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Calvinist and the other a sinner. The Calvinist (that would be I) stood and was praying thus to himself, God, I thank thee that I am not like other people, sinners, Catholics, heretics, or even like this sinner beside me. I planted your church in this god-forsaken part of the country, I read the Scriptures and Calvin and Luther twice a week, and the rest of the week I read nothing but reformers and your Scriptures. But the sinner standing a little off to the side, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner. I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled but he who humbles himself shall be exalted.”
Interesting take on Scripture and calvinism. Sounds like this guy was a hyper-calvinist, (Only the elect are saved, AND once saved they can do no wrong, and indeed a pharisee as he describes.)
Calvinism teaches, as the Scripture does, we cannot boast on anything but Christ and the Gospel. The way he writes suggests he was not firmly knowledgeable in his own faith and or that his heart was not changed by the Gospel in his sojourn in the OPC.
Just hope he wanders into the Gospel in the Roman Church. I hear they still have some preaching that on the other side of the Tiber, occasionally.
Given the ignorance of your post, I would strongly suggest you join Salvation's ping list to the daily Mass readings. They conver the entire bible (Old and New Testaments) in the span of 3 years. You might actually learn something.