--- title: "4 Church and state Quotes By Martin Luther" description: "4 Church and state quotes by Martin Luther. Plus more from Martin Luther and more Church and state sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-106_church_church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tu_695163.jpg" --- > [“Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tugging-of-the-demonic-and-the/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-106_church_church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tu_695163.jpg) > [“We should wash the fur of the magistrate and clean out his mouth whether he laughs or rages. Christ has instructed us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/we-should-wash-the-fur-of-the-magistrate-and-clean-out-his-mouth/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/martin-luther-106_church-and-state_we-should-wash-the-fur-of-the-magistrate_1177390.jpg) > [“Since God will have us leave father and mother for his sake, certainly he will have us leave lords (governors) for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/since-god-will-have-us-leave-father-and-mother-for-his-sake-certainly/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/martin-luther-106_church-and-state_since-god-will-have-us-leave-father-and_2131415.jpg) > [“God is wrath and God is mercy. The State is the instrument of his wrath, the Church of his mercy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-is-wrath-and-god-is-mercy-the-state-is-the-instrument-of-his/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cef/martin-luther-106_church-and-state_god-is-wrath-and-god-is-mercy-the-state_2426033.jpg) ## Other authors on Church and state - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-f-kennedy-51344.jpg) John F. Kennedy 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/john-f-kennedy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/john-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-washington-38054.jpg) George Washington 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/george-washington/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/ronald-reagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-carter-49953.jpg) Jimmy Carter 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/jimmy-carter/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ulysses-s-grant-92710.jpg) Ulysses S. Grant 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/ulysses-s-grant/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-martin-18163.jpg) David Barton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/david-barton/) - [Benjamin Franklin 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/benjamin-franklin/) ## More by Martin Luther > [“It was easy for you to say these things, since you either knew you were not writing to Luther, but for the general public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-was-easy-for-you-to-say-these-things-since-you-either-knew-you/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/in-a-delightful-garden-sowing-planting-or-digging-are-not-hardship/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/if-you-could-understand-a-single-grain-of-wheat-you-would-die-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/he-who-believes-in-god-is-not-careful-for-the-morrow-but-labors/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“God made man out of nothing, and as long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-made-man-out-of-nothing-and-as-long-as-we-are-nothing-he-can-make/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“But the truth will win out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/but-the-truth-will-win-out/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/god-wants-us-to-pray-and-he-wants-to-hear-our-prayers-not-because-we/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Our office...subjects us to great burdens and labors, dangers and temptations, with little reward or gratitude from the world. But Christ himself will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-office-subjects-us-to-great-burdens-and-labors-dangers-and/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“Our faith in Christ does not free us from works but from false opinions concerning works, that is, from the foolish presumption that justification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/our-faith-in-christ-does-not-free-us-from-works-but-from-false/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [The works of the righteous would be mortal sins if they would not be feared as mortal sins by the righteous themselves out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-works-of-the-righteous-would-be-mortal-sins-if-they-would-not-be/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/do-not-suppose-that-abuses-are-eliminated-by-destroying-the-object/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [“For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law. Romans 3:28”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/for-we-maintain-that-a-man-is-justified-by-faith-apart-from-observing/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/there-are-only-two-days-on-my-calendar-today-and-the-day-of-judgment/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [ Antichrist is the pope and the Turk \[Muslim\] together. A beast full of life must have a body and soul. The spirit or soul… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/antichrist-is-the-pope-and-the-turk-muslim-together-a-beast-full-of/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) > [It is not the imitation that makes sons; it is sonship that makes imitators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/it-is-not-the-imitation-that-makes-sons-it-is-sonship-that-makes/) [Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church-and-state/martin-luther/#itemlist", "name": "4 Church and state Quotes By Martin Luther", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Luther" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tugging-of-the-demonic-and-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-106_church_church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tu_695163.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-106_church_church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tu_695163.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/martin-luther-106_church_church-and-state-are-both-rent-by-the-tu_695163.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Church and State are both rent, by the tugging of the demonic and the Divine” — Martin Luther", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We should wash the fur of the magistrate and clean out his mouth whether he laughs or rages. 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