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Martin Luther

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For "to love" means to hate oneself and to condemn oneself, according to Christ's saying in John 12:25: "He that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.


— Martin Luther


#love

Here I stand, I can do no other.


— Martin Luther


#inspirational

If I go back home to Wittenberg, I'll lie down in a coffin and give the maggots a fat doctor to eat.


— Martin Luther


#death #funny #death

Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib, und Gesang, Der bleibt ein Narr sein Lebenlang (He who loves not Wine, Women and Song Remains a fool his whole life long)


— Martin Luther


#love #song #wine #women #life

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.


— Martin Luther


#conscience #die #end #eternal #justice

The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.


— Martin Luther


#christ #cradle #laid #wherein

Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.


— Martin Luther


#dog #golden #little #resurrection #shall

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.


— Martin Luther


#any #destroys #families #greatest #humanity

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.


— Martin Luther


#peace #possible #truth

Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.


— Martin Luther


#christ #more #rejoice #sin #sinner






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Did you know about Martin Luther?

Despite the disagreements on the Eucharist the Marburg Colloquy paved the way for the signing in 1530 of the Augsburg Confession and for the formation of the Schmalkaldic League the following year by leading Protestant nobles such as John of Saxony Philip of Hesse and George Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Luther rarely encountered Jews during his life but his attitudes reflected a theological and cultural tradition which saw Jews as a rejected people guilty of the murder of Christ and he lived within a local community that had expelled Jews some ninety years earlier. "
Luther next set about reversing or modifying the new church practices.

His translation of the Bible into the vernacular (instead of Latin) made it more accessible which had a tremendous impact on the church and on German culture. Those who identify with Luther's teachings are called Lutherans. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor.

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