On Christian Liberty
A Christianity, Nonfiction, Religion book. A man does not live for himself alone in this mortal body to...
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- Pages: 96 pages
- ISBN: 9780800636074 / 800636074
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I cannot bear with laws for the interpretation of the word of God, since the word of God, which teaches liberty in all other things, ought not to be bound. Martin Luther, Concerning Christian Liberty // The Church of Rome ... has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death and hell; so that not even antichrist ,if he were to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness. Martin Luther, On Christian Liberty // The ears of our generation have been made so delicate by the senseless multitude of flatterers that, as soon as we perceive that anything of ours is not approved of, we cry out that we are being bitterly assailed; and when we can repel the truth by no other pretence, we escape by attributing bitterness, impatience, intemperance, to our adversaries. Martin Luther, Concerning Christian Liberty //
An excellent short introduction to Luther. His thesis here concerns a sacred mystery: A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one. In pursuing this paradox, Luther distinguishes true Christianity from lax liberalism on the one hand, and... More accessible introduction to Luther's teaching on grace alone by faith alone. Written on the eve of his excommunication from the Church, this was Luther's last ecumenical gesture toward Rome before making his bombastic exit. Much of the tract was written with a quiet gentility and piety that belied the heated polemics of the day... Martin Luther wrote this theological treatise in 1520 to accompany a letter to Pope Leo X. In this treatise he argues that Christians, i.e. people who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ, have been freed from sin and death; that does not mean, however, that they're free to do whatever they want. Instead, it frees them to serve God...
