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<blockquote data-quote="Boone947" data-source="post: 1569324" data-attributes="member: 24584">Speaking of Calvinists, today is the great feast day of &quot;the Apostle to the Calvinists&quot;, Saint Francis de Sales Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622).&nbsp; He converted 72,000 Calvinists to the Faith.&nbsp; How?&nbsp; After God it was his good manners. His kind, gentle example led to many heretics and sinners turning to God and converting to the faith. He's also known as the &quot;Gentleman Saint&quot;.&nbsp; As a priest and later bishop of Geneva after the Reformation, St. Francis de Sales traveled through the countryside teaching, preaching, giving spiritual direction, and distributing tracts and booklets he wrote that explained true Catholic doctrine. He even developed a sign language which he used to explain to deaf Calvinists about God. His great meekness with which he received heretics scandalized his friends; they protested when he received insults in silence. He said: &quot;Correction is naturally bitter, but when mixed with the sugar of loving kindness, and warmed by the fire of charity, it becomes more acceptable, gracious and even cordial.&quot; Saint Francis de Sales, pray for us! <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzuPhYeUkAAvBXq?format=jpg&amp;name=900x900" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Boone947, post: 1569324, member: 24584"] Speaking of Calvinists, today is the great feast day of "the Apostle to the Calvinists", Saint Francis de Sales Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church (1567-1622). He converted 72,000 Calvinists to the Faith. How? After God it was his good manners. His kind, gentle example led to many heretics and sinners turning to God and converting to the faith. He's also known as the "Gentleman Saint". As a priest and later bishop of Geneva after the Reformation, St. Francis de Sales traveled through the countryside teaching, preaching, giving spiritual direction, and distributing tracts and booklets he wrote that explained true Catholic doctrine. He even developed a sign language which he used to explain to deaf Calvinists about God. His great meekness with which he received heretics scandalized his friends; they protested when he received insults in silence. He said: "Correction is naturally bitter, but when mixed with the sugar of loving kindness, and warmed by the fire of charity, it becomes more acceptable, gracious and even cordial." Saint Francis de Sales, pray for us! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzuPhYeUkAAvBXq?format=jpg&name=900x900[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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