"A just law is a man-made code that……" — Martin Luther
"A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law."
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611 Quotes by Martin Luther
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To pray well is the better half of study.
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Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.
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