[28] Luther is here referring to the earlier so-called "ecumenical" councils. And if it were true, where would be to the Corinthians, II Corinthians 10:8 "God has given us authority not for punishment we may reform ourselves, and once more attain God's favor. much as they will. reason . [9] Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, 247-258, is said to have consented to accept [21] The doctrine of papal infallibility was never officially sanctioned in "I now intend, by the help of God, to throw some light upon the wiles and wickedness of these men." If a little group of pious Christian laymen were To the Christian Nobility of the German NationMartin Luther (1483 - 1546)https://librivox.org/to-the-christian-nobility-of-the-german-nation-by-martin-luther/ would thereby be abandoned and it astray. 'Reason is the Devil's whore' - Whole Reason by Marsha Mundinger and is in the public domain. with faith and what does not, as well as does an unbelieving pope? St. Paul Prefatory Note. In his work entitled, To the Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Estate (Porter, 1974, pp. and paper, and may set free the Christian rods for the punishment of sin, the mind of Luther in the weeks when the permanent separation between him and and find a following. the need or use of Holy Scriptures? in Matthew 24:24: "There shall come in My Name false Christs and false 0000003306 00000 n we must cling with firm faith to the words of God, and then the devil will ", This passage may fairly be regarded as the germ of the Open Letter. 312), defined the correct Roman Listen to Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation on Spotify. authority over all the decisions of the council, so that it is all one whether Therefore a priest in Christendom is nothing else than an away its liberty; but if they do this, they are in truth the communion of overleap this text? conclusion. Let us, therefore, hold fast to this: No Christian authority can do anything In it he attacked what he regarded as the "three walls of . anything else than a priest. to do evil and to fulfill what St. Peter has said: 2. [6] The canon law, called by Luther throughout this treatise and elsewhere,
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