Celebrating 500 Years of Reformation

“I simply taught, preached, and wrote God’s word, otherwise I did nothing. And while I slept or drank Wittenburg beer with my friends Phillip and Amstorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that no prince or emperor ever inflicted such losses upon it. I did nothing, the Word did it all.” ~ Luther

Luther says, “No ruler ought to prevent anyone from teaching or believing what he pleases whether the gospel or lies. It is enough if he prevents the teaching of sedition and rebellion in his realm.” He says when Paul came to Athens he didn’t destroy the idols by force but proclaimed the Word. And you remember, that’s what the apostles got in trouble for: they preached the Word and nobody wanted to buy the idols anymore.

“Had I desired to foment trouble, I could have brought great bloodshed upon Germany. Indeed, I could have started such a game that even the emperor would not have been safe. But what would it have been? Fool’s play. I did nothing, the Word did the work.”