Help with Calvin Quote

[Grafted In]

Can some one please help find a quote by Calvin? Calvin said something to the effect that the reformation was primarily about the worship of God.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guido's Brother]

That's the thesis of Carlos Eire's book, War Against the Idols. Perhaps you might want to have a look at that. He does deal with Calvin, so maybe the quote you're thinking of can be found there.

 

[Poimen]

I believe the following is what you are looking for:

In his treatise, "On the Necessity of Reforming the Church," a document to be presented by the leaders of the Protestant movement to the Emperor Charles V, Calvin wrote.

"If it be inquired, then, by what things chiefly; the Christian religion has a standing existence amongst us, and maintains its truth, it will be found that the following two not only occupy the principal place, but comprehend under them all the other parts, and consequently the whole substance of Christianity, viz., a knowledge, first, of the mode in which God is duly worshipped; and, secondly, of the source from which salvation is to be obtained."

Taken from: Banner of Truth Trust