Martin Luther Quotes on Mind
Martin Luther was a German Augustinian friar, theologian, and the principal initiator of the Protestant Reformation. This page collects quotes attributed to Martin Luther on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Martin Luther:
“I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals.”
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“Christ ought to be preached with this goal in mind — that we might be moved to faith in him so that he is not just a distant historical figure but actually Christ for you and me.”
The Freedom of a Christian(1520) | p. 69 -
“A theologian is born by living, nay dying and being damned, not by thinking, reading, or speculating.”
Table Talk(1569) | 352 -
“We must calm the mind of the common man, and tell him to abstain from the words and even the passions which lead to insurrection.”
A Sincere Admonition to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion(1522) | p. 62 -
“so it is with human reason, which strives not against faith, when enlightened, but rather furthers and advances it.”
Table Talk(1569) | On Justification CCXCIV -
“God has formed the soul and body of the Virgin Mary full of the Holy Spirit, so that she is without all sins, for she has conceived and borne the Lord Jesus.”
D. Martin Luthers Werke , Kritische Gesamtausgabe, 61 vols., (Weimar: Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nochfolger, 1883-1983), 52:39 [hereinafter: WA] 1544