The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520 by Martin Luther Erik H. Herrmann Paul W. Robinson

Author:Martin Luther,Erik H. Herrmann,Paul W. Robinson [Herrmann, Erik H. ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781506413488
Publisher: Fortress Press (NBN)
Published: 2016-09-11T00:00:00+00:00

[Satisfaction]

How unworthily they have dealt with satisfaction, I have abundantly shown in the controversies concerning indulgences.e They have grossly abused it, to the ruin of Christians in body and soul. To begin with, they have taught it in such a manner that the people have never had the slightest understanding what satisfaction really is, namely, the renewal of one’s life. Then, they so continually harp on it and emphasize its necessity, that they leave no room for faith in Christ. With these scruples they torture poor consciences to death; and one runs to Rome, one to this place, another to that; this one to Chartreuse,203 that one to some other place; one scourges himself with rods, another mortifies his body with fasts and vigils; and all cry with the same mad zeal: “Lo, here is Christ! Lo, there!” believing that the kingdom of Christ, which is within us, will come with observation.204

This image by an unknown artist depicts flagellants doing penance.

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