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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

...eriously. In ducal Saxony it was rigorously suppressed. Before the imperial council at Worms, the middle of December, 1520, and again at the imperia... ... shocked him from head to foot. Erasmus now saw that his efforts to restore peace in the church would be futile: “The breach is irreparable.” The Un... ... Fool that I was, I had hitherto thought that it would be well if a general council were to decide that the sacrament should be administered to the ... ...of Order was actually received by deacons. They were later overruled by the Council of Trent which decided that it was. The Catholic Encyclopedia (1... ...d that he and his partners are seeking to make a name for themselves in the world through me, as men who are worthy to cross swords with Luther. But... ... we began to rage against Christian love for the sake of the riches of this world. Thus God would show us, by this terrible sign, how we esteem sign... ...Christ is foreshadowed in all the promises of God from the beginning of the world; indeed, whatever value those ancient promises possessed was altog... ...u will never, anywhere, by any works or efforts of your own, be able to find peace of conscience. For faith alone means peace of conscience. while un... ... of comfort spoken by God himself. And, if we accept this in faith, we find peace in the mercy of God speaking to us through our brother. There is j...

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