I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so... help me God. Amen.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound ...by the opinions of men.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Anyone who can be proved to be a seditious person is an outlaw before God and the emperor; and whoever is the first to put him to ...death does right and well.... Therefore let everyone who can, smite, slay and stab, secretly or openly, remembering that nothing can be more poisonous, hurtful, or devilish than a rebel.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is cheering to note that [Martin] Luther (1524) did not see why schools should not be fun as well: "Now since the young must le...ap and jump, or have something to do, because they have a natural desire for it which should not be restrained (for it is not well to check them in everything) why should we not provide for them such schools, and lay before them such studies?"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Christians are to be taught that the pope would and should wish to give of his own money, even though he had to sell the basilica ...of St. Peter, to many of those from whom certain hawkers of indulgences cajole money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to th...e people at the risk of life itself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Devil begat darkness; darkness begat ignorance; ignorance begat error and his brethren; error begat free- will and presumption...; free-will begat works; works begat forgetfulness of God; forgetfulness begat transgression; transgression begat superstition; superstition begat satisfaction; satisfaction begat the mass-offering; the mass-offering begat the priest; the priest begat unbelief; unbelief begat hypocrisy; hypocrisy begat traffic in offerings for gain; traffic in offerings for gain begat Purgatory; Purgatory begat the annual solemn vigils; the annual vigils begat church-livings; church-livings begat avarice; avarice begat swelling superfluity; swelling superfluity begat fulness; fulness begat rage; rage begat license; license begat empire and domination; domination begat pomp; pomp begat ambition; ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Cannons and fire-arms are cruel and damnable machines; I believe them to have been the direct suggestion of the Devil. If Adam had... seen in a vision the horrible instruments his children were to invent, he would have died of grief.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When Hitler attacked the Jews ... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was n...ot a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church--and there was nobody left to be concerned.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »