John was just 24 years old when he wrote a preface to a French translation of the New Testament by his cousin Olivetan. Such work was illegal at the time and considered heresy by the Church of Rome and treason by the State. Calvin makes no apology about the necessity of the Bible - which for him is the message of the Gospel.
“Without the Gospel, we do not know what God requires of us or forbids us to do; we cannot distinguish good from evil, light from darkness, or the commandments of God from the institutions of men. Without the Gospel we are all helpless and ineffectual; without the Gospel we are not Christians.” From the second preface of the French Bible translated by Olivetan
Go young Calvin!
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