A guest post by Michael Foust
Reformation late-comers.
We are beggars: that’s the truth—Luther’s last recorded words, (Wir sind pettler, hoc est verum)
“I've read enough, I've heard enough. I know enough. Would to God I lived it.” -Attributed to Katie Luther when her husband tried to get her to read the Bible through in a year
Pray God in the bowels of his mercy to send you his Holy Spirit; for he hath given you his great gift of utterance, if it pleased him also to open the eyes of your heart.—Lady Jane Grey
We as humans are like dry grass, we can wither away at any moment, we are never far from death, indeed it is as if we are already living in the grave.—John Calvin (CO 32.66)
Christians should be taught that if the pope only knew about the exploitation practiced by the indulgence preachers, he would burn the church of St. Peter to ashes rather than build it with the skin, flesh and bones of his sheep.—Martin Luther
