Luther and the Lutheran Reformation, Volumen1

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J. & J. Harper, 1833
 

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Página 135 - Refrain from these men and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Página 131 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Página 244 - The condition of Man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Página 129 - Whosoever denieth me before men, him will I deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Página 214 - It is not here to be denied that all ecclesiastical writers do with one mouth bear witness to the presence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
Página 133 - ... conscience so determined to abide by the Word of God, that I neither can nor will retract any thing; for...
Página 23 - ... of that kind ever been asserted. In regard to the effect of indulgences in delivering persons from the supposed torments of purgatory, the gross declarations of Tetzel in public are well known : " The moment the money tinkles in the chest, your father's soul mounts up out of purgatory.
Página 46 - There were, however, and are now, others, who appear lo me to adhere to the pope on the principles of Epicurus ; that is, for the sake of indulging their appetites ; when secretly they even deride him, and are as cold as ice if called upon to defend the papacy. I was never one of these ; I was always a sincere believer ; I was always earnest in...
Página 77 - Hence I felt myself a new man, and all the scriptures appeared to have a new face. I ran quickly through them, as my memory enabled me ; I collected together the leading terms ; and I observed in their meaning a strict analogy according to my new views. Thus, in many instances, the work of God means that which he works in us ; and the power and wisdom of God, mean the power and wisdom which his Spirit operates in the minds of the faithful ; and in the same manner are to be understood the patience,...
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