Absolution Quote by Martin Chemnitz

“We cannot separate the water from the Word. We would not dare to baptize with water without the Word. In the words of Luther,…

— G.H. Gerberding

“it would be perfectly proper to regard the Sacraments in the sense of Luther as a kind of acted sermons calculated to sustain the…

— Joseph Pohle

“From a psychological perspective, no Christian construct in Luther’s time was as specifically therapeutic for obsessions and compulsions as that which he discovered. Only…

— Ian Osborn

“In case of necessity, not only a priest or a deacon, but a lay man or woman, nay even a pagan and a heretic,…

— Joseph Pohle

Baptism pertains to the Church alone.

— Cyprian

Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given…

— Thomas Aquinas

You don't need to be Catholic to be Catholic anymore. If you dissent, you don't get out. Martin Luther looks like a prince compared…

— James P McFadden

“Luther argues that when we fail to believe that God accepts us fully in Christ, and look to some other way to justify or…

— Timothy Keller

“Luther’s early position proclaimed that everyone, including “the humble miller’s maid, nay, a child of nine,” could interpret the Bible.  However, as Christianity began…

— James M. Seghers

The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate…

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

“Once the Lutheran churches were secure, Luther, like most other leaders of the Reformations, believed in freedom of conscience only for those who agreed…

— Rodney Stark

“The key, Luther finally realized, was that God’s love and grace were not merited, but freely given and freely received through faith alone.”

— Michelle DeRusha