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Luther, vol. 6 of 6

Note 1141 — Chapter XXXVIII · END OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THE CHURCH-UNSEEN AND THE VISIBLE CHURCH-BY-LAW (continued 2)

E. M. Lamond translation

Cp. the passages quoted by Möhler, “Symbolik,” §45, p. 405, n. 2: “Christianus ita certus est, quid credere et non credere debeat, ut etiam pro ipso moriatur, aut saltem mori paratus sit.” Thus to teach as a priest involved nothing very dreadful, “cum verbum Dei hic luceat et iubeat, simul necessitas animarum cogat.”

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