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Martin Luther

Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) initiated the Protestant Reformation. As a priest and theology professor, he confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. Luther strongly disputed their claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could...
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Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.

Who has skill in the art of music is of good temperament and fitted for all things.

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I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

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All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

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Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel.

Where God builds a church the devil builds a chapel.

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Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!

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Teaching is of more importance than urging.

Teaching is of more importance than urging.

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Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.

Who loves not women, wine and song remains a fool his whole life long.

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Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

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An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.

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Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.

Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.

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Christian life consists of faith and charity.

Christian life consists of faith and charity.

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The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

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The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

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An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.

An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.

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Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.

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I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

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Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.

Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.

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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

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Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

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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.

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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Everything done in the world is done by hope.

Everything done in the world is done by hope.

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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.

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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How soon not now, becomes never.

How soon not now, becomes never.

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I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution that does not unceasingly pursue the study of Gods word becomes corrupt. Because of this we can see what kind of people they become in the universities and what they are like now. Nobody is to blame for this except the pope, the bishops, and the prelates, who are all charged with training young people. The universities only ought to turn out men who are experts in the Holy Scriptures, men who can become bishops and priests, and stand in the front line against heretics, the devil, and all the world. But where do you find that? I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell.

I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution that does not unceasingly pursue the study of Gods word becomes corrupt. Because of this we can see what kind of people they become in the universities and what they are like now. Nobody is to blame for this except the pope, the bishops, and the prelates, who are all charged with training young people. The universities only ought to turn out men who are experts in the Holy Scriptures, men who can become bishops and priests, and stand in the front line against heretics, the devil, and all the world. But where do you find that? I greatly fear that the universities, unless they teach the Holy Scriptures diligently and impress them on the young students, are wide gates to hell.

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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.

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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The hair is the richest ornament of women.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.

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Christians are rare people on earth.

Christians are rare people on earth.

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In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

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The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

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When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

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The devil is God's ape!

The devil is God's ape!

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Forgiveness is God's command.

Forgiveness is God's command.

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My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.

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I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

I have no pleasure in any man who despises music. It is no invention of ours: it is a gift of God. I place it next to theology. Satan hates music: he knows how it drives the evil spirit out of us.

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If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

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Superstition, idolatry and hypocrisy have ample wages, but the truth goes begging.

Superstition, idolatry and hypocrisy have ample wages, but the truth goes begging.

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The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

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A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.

A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.

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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.

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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Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

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Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

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Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

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Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.

Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.

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Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.

Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to death does right and well. Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.

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I am more afraid of my own heart than the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope, Self.

I am more afraid of my own heart than the Pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great Pope, Self.

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Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.

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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

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People must have righteous principles in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

People must have righteous principles in the first, and then they will not fail to perform virtuous actions.

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The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

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So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.

So our Lord God commonly gave riches to those gross asses to whom he vouchsafed nothing else.

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Reason is the enemy of faith.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

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There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.

There is no wisdom save in truth. Truth is everlasting, but our ideas about truth are changeable. Only a little of the first fruits of wisdom, only a few fragments of the boundless heights, breadths and depths of truth, have I been able to gather.

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No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.

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The Devil beget darkness; darkness beget ignorance; ignorance beget error and his brethren; error beget free-will and presumption; free-will beget works; works beget forgetfulness of God; forgetfulness beget transgression; transgression beget superstition; superstition beget satisfaction; satisfaction beget the mass-offering; the mass-offering beget the priest; the priest beget unbelief; unbelief beget hypocrisy; hypocrisy beget traffic in offerings for gain; traffic in offerings for gain beget Purgatory; Purgatory beget the annual solemn vigils; the annual vigils beget church-livings; church-livings beget avarice; avarice beget swelling superfluity; swelling superfluity beget fulness; fulness beget rage; rage beget license; license beget empire and domination; domination beget pomp; pomp beget ambition; ambition beget simony; simony beget the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.

The Devil beget darkness; darkness beget ignorance; ignorance beget error and his brethren; error beget free-will and presumption; free-will beget works; works beget forgetfulness of God; forgetfulness beget transgression; transgression beget superstition; superstition beget satisfaction; satisfaction beget the mass-offering; the mass-offering beget the priest; the priest beget unbelief; unbelief beget hypocrisy; hypocrisy beget traffic in offerings for gain; traffic in offerings for gain beget Purgatory; Purgatory beget the annual solemn vigils; the annual vigils beget church-livings; church-livings beget avarice; avarice beget swelling superfluity; swelling superfluity beget fulness; fulness beget rage; rage beget license; license beget empire and domination; domination beget pomp; pomp beget ambition; ambition beget simony; simony beget the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.

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You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.

You should point to the whole man Jesus and say, That is God.

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

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

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There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.

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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.

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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