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Nature of God3 quotes
A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing.
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther · 1529A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing. — Martin Luther · 1529Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529God2 quotes
A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing. — Martin Luther · 1529Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529God's protection2 quotes
A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing.
Our helper He amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing. — Martin Luther · 1529A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing. — Martin Luther · 1529Corporal punishment1 quote
What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them. — Martin Luther · 1529Faith and reason1 quote
Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. — Martin Luther · 1569God and man1 quote
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God. — Martin Luther · 1529God and money1 quote
So our Lord God commonly gives riches to those gross asses to whom He vouchsafes nothing else. — Martin Luther · 1566Reason1 quote
Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but-more frequently than not-struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God. — Martin Luther · 1569The devil1 quote
For, where God built a church, there the devil would also build a chapel... In such sort is the devil always God's ape. — Martin Luther · 1546The masses1 quote
The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees. — Martin Luther · 1526The mob1 quote
The mad mob does not ask how it could be better, only that it be different. And when it then becomes worse, it must change again. Thus they get bees for flies, and at last hornets for bees. — Martin Luther · 1526Truth and error1 quote
Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. — Martin Luther · 1569Wealth1 quote
So our Lord God commonly gives riches to those gross asses to whom He vouchsafes nothing else. — Martin Luther · 1566