Quote #22

Luther's Works, Church and Ministry III, American Ed., Helmut T. Lehman, Eric W. Gritsch, eds., Augsburg Fortress Press, 1966, Vol. 41:279. ISBN 0800603419 ISBN 9780800603410.

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  1. And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, 'If there is a hell, then Rome is built on it.' That is, 'After the devil himse…
  2. A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.
  3. Holy Christendom has, in my judgment, no better teacher after the apostles than St. Augustine.
  4. Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter.
  5. Religion is not 'doctrinal knowledge,' but wisdom born of personal experience.
  6. Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!
  7. [This] adoration, too, was not the same as the worship of God. In my opinion they did not yet recognize him as God, but they acted in keepi…
  8. Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.

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