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Martin Luther on Faith

1483–1546 Germany

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9 quotes

Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it.

Through faith we are restored to paradise and created anew.

The Freedom of a Christian (1520)

It is an article of faith that Mary is Mother of the Lord and still a Virgin.

Faith looks to the word and the promise; that is, to the truth. But hope looks to that which the word has promised, to the gift.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Faith, like light, should ever be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.

Table Talk (1569)

The true Gospel has it that we are justified by faith alone, without the deeds of the Law.

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (1535)

Faith ever says, "If Thou wilt," not "If Thou canst."

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

so it is with human reason, which strives not against faith, when enlightened, but rather furthers and advances it.

Table Talk (1569)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Luther (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.