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Address to the Christian Nobility: of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate QUOTES

Address to the Christian Nobility: of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate QUOTES

1 " To put it more plainly, suppose a small group of earnest Christian laymen were taken prisoner and settled in the middle of the desert without any episcopally ordained priest among them; and they then agreed to choose one of themselves, whether married or not, and endow him with the office of baptizing, administering the sacrament, pronouncing absolution, and preaching; that man would be as truly a priest as if he had been ordained by all the bishops and the popes. "

― Martin Luther , Address to the Christian Nobility: of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate

2 " Heretics ought to be persuaded by argument, and not by fire; and this was the way of the early Fathers. "

― Martin Luther , Address to the Christian Nobility: of the German Nation Respecting the Reformation of the Christian Estate