--- title: "3 Luther Quotes By Roland H. Bainton" description: "3 Luther quotes by Roland H. Bainton. Plus more from Roland H. Bainton and more Luther sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/roland-h-bainton-29133_christianity_who-can-understand-this-philosophy-is-un_93093.jpg" --- > [“Who can understand this? Philosophy is unequal to it. Only faith can grasp so high a mystery. This is the foolishness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/who-can-understand-this-philosophy-is-unequal-to-it-only-faith-can/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/roland-h-bainton-29133_christianity_who-can-understand-this-philosophy-is-un_93093.jpg) > [“The scene lends itself to a dramatic portrayal. Here was Charles, heir of a long line of Catholic sovereigns--of Maximilian the romantic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/the-scene-lends-itself-to-a-dramatic-portrayal-here-was-charles-heir/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/roland-h-bainton-29133_courage_the-scene-lends-itself-to-a-dramatic-por_1239788.jpg) > [“As God, Christ, the virgin, the prince of the apostles and the shepherds labored even so must we labor in our callings. God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/as-god-christ-the-virgin-the-prince-of-the-apostles-and-the-shepherds/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/roland-h-bainton-29133_hands-and-feet_as-god-christ-the-virgin-the-prince-of-t_1694995.jpg) ## Other authors on Luther ## More by Roland H. Bainton > [“When I am told God became man, I can follow the idea, but I just do not understand what it means. For what man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/when-i-am-told-god-became-man-i-can-follow-the-idea-but-i-just-do-not/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“Who can understand this? Philosophy is unequal to it. Only faith can grasp so high a mystery. This is the foolishness of the cross…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/who-can-understand-this-philosophy-is-unequal-to-it-only-faith-can/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“We recognize the authority, but we must rebuke our Pilates in their crime and self-confidence. Then they say to us, "You are reviling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/we-recognize-the-authority-but-we-must-rebuke-our-pilates-in-their/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“ I must even take to myself the sins of others as Christ took mine to himself. Thus we see that the Christian man lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/i-must-even-take-to-myself-the-sins-of-others-as-christ-took-mine-to/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“Good works do not make a man good, but a good man does good works”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/good-works-do-not-make-a-man-good-but-a-good-man-does-good-works/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“Not through thoughts, wisdom, and will does the faith of Christ arise in us, but through an uncommon incomprehensible and hidden operation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/not-through-thoughts-wisdom-and-will-does-the-faith-of-christ-arise/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“We are sinners and at the same time righteous”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/we-are-sinners-and-at-the-same-time-righteous/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“These are Luther’s own words: I greatly longed to understand Paul’s Epistle to the Romans and nothing stood in the way but that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/these-are-luther-s-own-words-i-greatly-longed-to-understand-paul-s/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“The scene lends itself to a dramatic portrayal. Here was Charles, heir of a long line of Catholic sovereigns--of Maximilian the romantic, of Ferdinand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/the-scene-lends-itself-to-a-dramatic-portrayal-here-was-charles-heir/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“when God in his sheer mercy and without any merit of mine has given me such unspeakable riches, shall I not freely, joyously, wholeheartedly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/when-god-in-his-sheer-mercy-and-without-any-merit-of-mine-has-given/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“Unless a man is already a believer and a Christian, his works have no value at all. They are foolish, idle, damnable sins, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/unless-a-man-is-already-a-believer-and-a-christian-his-works-have-no/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“ Divine majesty does not speak directly to men. God is a consuming fire, and the dreams and visions of the Saints are terrible… .Prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/divine-majesty-does-not-speak-directly-to-men-god-is-a-consuming-fire/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“As God, Christ, the virgin, the prince of the apostles and the shepherds labored even so must we labor in our callings. God had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/as-god-christ-the-virgin-the-prince-of-the-apostles-and-the-shepherds/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“Let it be understood that when I say the authority of the Roman pontiff rests on a human decree I am not counseling disobedience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/let-it-be-understood-that-when-i-say-the-authority-of-the-roman/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) > [“In his last years Linacre gave up medicine for the Church and then for the first time read the gospels. On so doing he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-h-bainton/in-his-last-years-linacre-gave-up-medicine-for-the-church-and-then/) [Roland H. Bainton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-h-bainton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/luther/roland-h-bainton/#itemlist", "name": "3 Luther Quotes By Roland H. Bainton", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Who can understand this? Philosophy is unequal to it. Only faith can grasp so high a mystery. This is the foolishness of the cross which is hid from the wise and prudent. Reason must retire. 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