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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

...? Why, they themselves admit that here all philosophy breaks down. That the pronoun “this,” in both Greek and Latin, is referred to “body,” is due to... ...to you? What I accept, I accept not on my merits or by any right that I may personally have to it. I know that I am receiving more than a worthless o... ...eceive or apply, in behalf of another, the promise of God, which demands the personal faith of each one individually? Can I give to another the promi... ...re is a divine promise, there every one must stand on his own feet; his own personal faith is demanded, he will give an account for himself and bear... ...but he who does not believe will be condemned.” Even so each one can derive personal benefit from the mass only by his own personal faith. It is abs... ... awakened and nourished. For just as the truth of this divine promise, once pronounced over us, continues until death, so our faith in it ought neve... ...am traductus, a mystical grammar, in which the noun was compared to man, the pronoun to man’s sinful state, the verb to the divine command to love, t...

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