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Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

Martin Luther

1529

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Nature of God God and man God

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Religious literature

Time

1529 Protestant Reformation

Person

Martin Luther

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Current citation

Luther, Martin. Luther's Large Catechism with Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 2010, first commandant.

Original citation

Luther, Martin. Der Große Katechismus [The Large Catechism]. Wittenberg, 1529, first commandant.

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Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther

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