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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. |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |