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My prayer is as precious, holy, and pleasing to God as that of St. Paul or of the most holy saints.

Creation is past and redemption is accomplished, but the Holy Spirit carries on his work unceasingly until the last day.

The Lord is he who has brought us back from the devil to God, from death to life, from sin to righteousness, and now keeps… Read More »Large Catechism: Second Article of the Creed

In a 1518 letter to his spiritual father, Luther offers his first memoir of his development as a theologian.

The Father has given himself to us with all his creatures, abundantly provided for us in this life, and showered us with inexpressible eternal treasures… Read More »Large Catechism: Introduction and First Article of the Creed

It seems to me that we shall have our hands full to keep these commandments.

Such is nature that we all begrudge another’s having as much as we have.

Honor and good name are easily taken away, but not easily restored.

If we look at mankind in all its conditions, it is nothing but a vast, wide stable full of great thieves.

Marriage is not an exceptional estate, but the most universal and noblest.