“O LORD, which for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honor and glory.”—Thomas Cranmer
Protestant theology was not simply expressed in the written or printed word: it could also be found in sculpture, paintings, jewelry, and, yes, even a beer stein.
I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.—Katharina Zell
...and other things you will learn from our new issue on faith in the World Wars
Next to God's Word, his best gift is a pious, cheerful, God-fearing, home-keeping wife with whom you can live in peace and tranquility; to whom you can entrust your goods and body and life. --Martin Luther (as quoted in Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, vol. VII (1849), 461.
Good God, what a lot of trouble there is in marriage! Adam has made a mess of our nature. Think of all the squabbles Adam and Eve must have had in the course of their nine hundred years. Eve would say, “You ate the apple,” and Adam would retort, “You gave it to me.” —Martin Luther (as quoted by Roland Bainton in "Here I Stand")
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"For although we cannot and should not force anyone to believe, yet we should insist and urge the people that they know what is right and wrong." —Martin Luther
Men cannot do without women. Even if it were possible for men to beget and bear children, they still could not do without women.—Martin Luther
A review of Wesley and the Anglicans by Ryan Danker
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