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Observe the Similarities: Luther 1540 – Luther 1544
Reading through James Swan’s latest quotations from Luther (contra the Immaculate Conception), one particular line caught my eye: But in the moment of the Virgin’s conception the Holy Spirit purged and sanctified the sinful mass and wiped out the poison of the devil and death, which is sin. This reminded me of a similar line…
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Immaculate Conception in Later Luther?
Over at the Beggars All Reformation blog, in the comment box, a Roman Catholic layman had posted several quotations from Luther allegedly showing that Luther held to the Immaculate Conception later in his life: 1540: “In his conception all of Mary’s flesh and blood was purified so that nothing sinful remained . . . Each…
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Two Kingdoms, Yes – But Don't Go Beyond the Bible
Mr. James Swan, for a very different purpose, brought the following two quotations to my attention (link to source). Both are from Martin Luther and help to demonstrate the danger of taking the two kingdoms distinction beyond the Bible: It is pure invention that pope, bishops, priests and monks are called the spiritual estate, while…
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Waltz on Luther – "articulus stantis vel cadentis ecclesiae"
David Waltz, a Catholic (I think), poster with whom I’ve crossed swords a few times, has posted a recent blog article in which he identifies a quotation that he believes has been misattributed to Martin Luther. (link to post) First of all, thanks to David for his post. It is always good to clear the…
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Luther's New Testament (in German)
Martin Luther’s New Testament (complete with the Epistle of James, no matter what you may have heard) can be found here (link). Sadly the scanning quality was not great – several pages are practically illegible, and the font used (while a traditional, noble, German font) is hard to read, especially for moderners, who are used…