Quote #27

For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel...Thus is the Devil ever God's ape.

More from Martin Luther

  1. Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging.
  2. A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 't is a rare bird in the land.
  3. Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!
  4. The Mass is the greatest blasphemy of God, and the highest idolatry upon earth, an abomination the like of which has never been in Christen…
  5. There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
  6. Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter.
  7. A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.
  8. A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing; Our helper He amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.

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