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Luther passed away in February, 1546, having lived his latter years in poor health.  He had many children, some of whom preceded him in death, by the former nun [[Katharina von Bora]].
 
Luther passed away in February, 1546, having lived his latter years in poor health.  He had many children, some of whom preceded him in death, by the former nun [[Katharina von Bora]].
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==Quotes==
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Quotes attributed to Luther<ref>http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/29874.Martin_Luther</ref><ref>http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/martin_luther_1.html</ref> include,
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*You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.
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*Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.
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*My conscience is captive to the Word of God, I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen."
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*We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone."
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*If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
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*I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
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*To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
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*Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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*You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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*I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
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*Where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
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*I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
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*If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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