[Gamecock]

Luther believed in the devotion to Mary

Often asserted here on the pages of Free Republic.

[Gamecock]

GRPL Pre-Reformation Day 3013 Ping

[BipolarBob]

Catholics quote Luther as an authority when they like what he said, revile him when they don’t. At least they’re consistent.

[Slyfox]

Last weekend I traveled to visit relatives in another state. While getting caught up with the latest information on the family at least three of my relatives asked me to pray for them and other family members. Not that I am especially holy, but I was struck as to how easily people ask each other for prayers. Why do we pray for each other? Because we care about each other and we do believe that prayer is very beneficial.

Every time I read an article like this I feel sad that their are so many people who would ask another person for their prayers and yet deny the prayers of the mother of Jesus, the one person who knew Him better than anyone else on earth.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

God bless him, he may have worshiped her we don’t.

[dragonblustar]

Thank you for posting his!

[sr4402]

When I ask Catholics about "For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus" they are very quick to explain away this verse.

When asked about "All have sinned" and Mary's sinlessness, they are quick to explain away that verse too.

When asked about ""Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Aren't all his sisters with us?" and Mary assumpted as a Virgin they are quick to explain that away too.

So the problem I'm seeing in Catholicism is a clear dismissal of the scriptures.

[wmfights]

Thanks for posting this, it was a good read.

It's to bad that Luther couldn't over come all of the conditioning he was subject to prior to his break from Rome, but it is nice to see he climbed out of the pit of Marian Worship.

[AnalogReigns]

I've studied Luther in Wittenberg, and I can assure the readers there is no plaque picturing the coronation of Mary on his tomb.

As is standard in medieval churches there are a number of tombs in the Castle Church, and it's pretty silly to think a plate created in 1521 (same year as Luther's "Here I stand..." trial in Worms--the beginning of the Reformation) would mark his grave (from 25 years later in 1546...).

Directly to the right is located "The Coronation of Mary", a bronze plate created in 1521 by Peter Fischer the Younger, a founder from Nuremburg. A work of great aesthetic merit, the plate is the tombstone for Henning Goden, Jurist and last Catholic Provost of the Castle Church."

Luther was above all a REFORMER and had no desire to break the Church catholic--only to not compromise with a thoroughly corrupt money-making organization about biblical faith and the good news of Jesus Christ. Rome left Luther, Luther did not willingly leave Rome.

[Albion Wilde]

Reformation bump!

[redleghunter]

“I only knew Jesus Christ as the bearer of my sins."

About sums it up.

[Boogieman]

“No one can deny that by such saint worship we have now come to the point where we have actually made utter idols of the Mother of God and the saints...”

Obviously, Luther never encountered the FR Catholic brigade, or he couldn’t have made this statement.