[Salvation]

"We are compelled to concede to the Papists
that they have the Word of God,
that we received it from them,
and that without them
we should have no knowledge of it at all."

~ Martin Luther

"We are compelled to concede to the Papists
that they have the Word of God,
that we received it from them,
and that without them
we should have no knowledge of it at all."

~ Martin Luther

[Running On Empty]

Thanks ! :-)

[Mrs. Don-o]

That's one thing I like about Martin Luther. Another thing that touches my heart, is his love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose perpetual virginity he defended, and whom he called, all his life, the Queen of Heaven.

"She became the Mother of God, in which work so many and such great good things are bestowed on her as pass man's understanding. For on this there follows all honor, all blessedness, and her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal, namely, that she had a child by the Father in heaven, and such a Child! Hence men have crowded all her glory into a single word, calling her the Theotokos [Mother of God].

"...It needs to be pondered in the heart what it means to be the Mother of God."

Martin Luther, Luther's Works, The American Edition, Pelikan & Lehmann, eds.,(Fortress Press, 1955-1986), Vol. 21, p.326