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1483–1546 Germany
Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions.
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Now I say this to keep the conscience free from mischievous laws and fictitious sins, and not because I would defend images. Nor would I condemn those who have destroyed them, especially those who destroy divine and idolatrous images. But images for memorial and witness, such as crucifixes and images of saints, are to be tolerated.
Against the Heavenly Prophets in the Matter of Images and Sacraments (1525)
And I must speak plainly. If I were a judge, I would have such a poisonous, syphilitic whore tortured by being broken on the wheel and having her veins lacerated, for it is not to be denied what damage such a filthy whore does to young blood, so that it is unspeakably damaged before it is even fully grown and destroyed in the blood.
Table Talk (1569)
On account of this personal union and communion of the natures, Mary, the most blessed virgin, did not conceive a mere, ordinary human being, but a human being who is truly the Son of the most high God, as the angel testifies. He demonstrated his divine majesty even in his mother's womb in that he was born of a virgin without violating her virginity. Therefore she is truly the mother of God and yet remained a virgin.
The Solid Declaration (1577)
I’d rather be ruled by a competent Turk than an incompetent Christian.
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Do not fight against these harmful spells. For you do not know what God wants with them. You do not know the greater divine plan behind it all."
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Even if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would continue to plant my apple trees.
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Here I stand; I can do no other.
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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!
Disputed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
the human being, corrupted to the root, can neither desire nor perform anything but evil.
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