A Boring Dystopia

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[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It wasn't Calvin it was Luther. And he was quoting Saint Augustine.

Calvin said that although the righteous were selected and so charity would not gain brownie points to heaven, the selected would do charitable works because they were the select.

Martin Luther just opposed all charity.