All men suppress the knowledge of God and worship demons instead

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John%20Calvin%2011All guilty of revolt from God, corrupting pure religion, either by following general custom, or the impious consent of antiquity.

13. Hence we must hold, that whosoever adulterates pure religion, (and this must be the case with all who cling to their own views,) make a departure from the one God. No doubt, they will allege that they have a different intention; but it is of little consequence what they intend or persuade themselves to believe, since the Holy Spirit pronounces all to be apostates, who, in the blindness of their minds, substitute demons in the place of God. For this reason Paul declares that the Ephesians were “without God,” (Ephesians 2:12,) until they had learned from the Gospel what it is to worship the true God. Nor must this be restricted to one people only, since, in another place, he declares in general, that all men “became vain in…

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  1. Celebrating pagan/papist hellidays is adulterating the true religion. Let’s repeat this:

    Hence we must hold, that whosoever adulterates pure religion, (and this must be the case with all who cling to their own views,) make a departure from the one God. No doubt, they will allege that they have a different intention; but it is of little consequence what they intend or persuade themselves to believe, since the Holy Spirit pronounces all to be apostates, who, in the blindness of their minds, substitute demons in the place of God.

    Or, may I add, substitute God in the place of man-made gods…it defiles His holiness when one christianizes paganism.

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    1. FTA: No wonder, therefore, that all worship of man’s device (my add:X Mass, Easter and such Christo-paganism) is repudiated by the Holy Spirit as degenerate.

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