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Much is said in praise of the 'great reformer' Martin Luther, but there is another side to the story, which is rarely discussed. This book gives 'the rest of the story.' From his beginnings as a scrupulous monk, Luther's history of apostasy is traced through to the end of his life. Let us consider this: “"FAITH alone," Luther teaches, "works justification; and a man is saved, and his sins are forgiven by confidently believing." Later on, he wrote to Melanchthon: "Be a sinner and sin boldly; but more boldly still believe and rejoice in Christ, who is the conqueror of sin, death and the world. Sin is our lot here below. This life is not the abode of justice; but' we expect,' says Peter, 'a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells justice.' It is sufficient that by the riches of God's glory we acknowledge the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world; sin cannot deprive us of him, even if in the same day we were to commit a thousand adulteries or a thousand murders." In one of his sermons he exclaimed: "Provided one has faith, adultery is no sin!" Such a doctrine was without doubt very welcome to libertines and robber-knights; and we are not at all surprised to find the monk of Wittenberg soon a boon companion of Ulrich von Hutten, Francis of Sickingen and other monsters of immorality.” And let us consider Luther's attitude towards the Bible: “WHILE Luther proposed the Bible as the only source and rule of faith, he undermined its authority by his prefaces to the different books of his version. His translation, as Doellinger very ably shows, is so worded as to fit his own system of belief. He adds and rejects words without the least scruple whenever he finds it advantageous to his new doctrine. About the four gospels he remarks: "The first three speak of our Lord's works rather than of his oral teaching; that of St. John is the only sympathetic, the only true gospel, and should without doubt be preferred to the others. In like manner the epistles of St. Paul and St. Peter are superior to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke." He does not recognize the epistle of St. James as "the writing of an apostle." "Compared with the epistles of St. Paul, this is, in truth, an epistle of straw; it contains absolutely nothing to remind one of the style of the gospel." Nor is he satisfied with the whole of St. Paul's writings; speaking of the Letters to the Hebrews, he says: "It needs not surprise one to find there bits of wood, hay and straw." Of the Apocalypse he writes: "There are many things objectionable in this book."”
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Much is said in praise of the 'great reformer' Martin Luther, but there is another side to the story, which is rarely discussed. This book gives 'the rest of the story.' From his beginnings as a scrupulous monk, Luther's history of apostasy is traced through to the end of his life. Let us consider this: “"FAITH alone," Luther teaches, "works justification; and a man is saved, and his sins are forgiven by confidently believing." Later on, he wrote to Melanchthon: "Be a sinner and sin boldly; but more boldly still believe and rejoice in Christ, who is the conqueror of sin, death and the world. Sin is our lot here below. This life is not the abode of justice; but' we expect,' says Peter, 'a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells justice.' It is sufficient that by the riches of God's glory we acknowledge the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world; sin cannot deprive us of him, even if in the same day we were to commit a thousand adulteries or a thousand murders." In one of his sermons he exclaimed: "Provided one has faith, adultery is no sin!" Such a doctrine was without doubt very welcome to libertines and robber-knights; and we are not at all surprised to find the monk of Wittenberg soon a boon companion of Ulrich von Hutten, Francis of Sickingen and other monsters of immorality.” And let us consider Luther's attitude towards the Bible: “WHILE Luther proposed the Bible as the only source and rule of faith, he undermined its authority by his prefaces to the different books of his version. His translation, as Doellinger very ably shows, is so worded as to fit his own system of belief. He adds and rejects words without the least scruple whenever he finds it advantageous to his new doctrine. About the four gospels he remarks: "The first three speak of our Lord's works rather than of his oral teaching; that of St. John is the only sympathetic, the only true gospel, and should without doubt be preferred to the others. In like manner the epistles of St. Paul and St. Peter are superior to the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke." He does not recognize the epistle of St. James as "the writing of an apostle." "Compared with the epistles of St. Paul, this is, in truth, an epistle of straw; it contains absolutely nothing to remind one of the style of the gospel." Nor is he satisfied with the whole of St. Paul's writings; speaking of the Letters to the Hebrews, he says: "It needs not surprise one to find there bits of wood, hay and straw." Of the Apocalypse he writes: "There are many things objectionable in this book."”
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