“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. She cannot understand that "God hides his power in weakness, his wisdom in folly, his goodness in severity, his justice in sins, his mercy in… — Roland H. Bainton Copy Share
“Since in fact liturgical traditions, vestments, church vessels, etc., were immediately removed wherever Calvinism infiltrated or Reformed ideas even gained influence in the church's polity, the reaction which it caused in Lutheran areas was a conscious propensity for ceremonies. Henceforth, therefore, the celebration of an emphatically liturgical service was among the visible signs by which the Lutheran character of confession… — Ernst Walter Zeeden Copy Share
“God once spoke through the mouth of an ass. I will tell you straight what I think. I am a Christian theologian… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“The scene lends itself to a dramatic portrayal. Here was Charles, heir of a long line of Catholic sovereigns--of Maximilian the romantic,… — Roland H. Bainton Copy Share Image
“The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“The Pelagianizing Romanist says, Lust, or concupiscence, brings forth sin, therefore it cannot be sin, because the mother cannot be the child.… — Charles Porterfield Krauth Copy Share Image
“It is the distinctive position of the Reformation with which, over against Rome, it stands or falls, that that which properly constitutes,… — Charles Porterfield Krauth Copy Share Image
