Quotes About Lutheranism

#1. Even before Melanchthon sank into his grave, he was dismayed at seeing Lutheranism stiffen into dogmas and formulas, and heartbroken by a persecution from his fellow-Protestants more bitter than anything he had ever experienced from Catholics.

Andrew Dickson White

#2. Human sin and God's grace are the two poles of Lutheran spirituality. To be sure, these are intrinsic to all of Christianity, but in Lutheranism they are both heightened. They are resolved in the principle by which, it is said, the church stands or falls: justification by grace through faith.

Gene Edward Veith Jr.

#3. On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the universe: the Catholic-Christian and the Individualistic Monist. And bridges are made to go over, not to stand upon.

Ellen Key

#4. I have heard of wars for the defence of the Protestant religion: our enemies in this instance are equally enemies of all religion - of Lutheranism, of Calvinism; and desirous to propagate everywhere, by the force of their arms, that system of infidelity which they avow in their principles. I

Winston S. Churchill

#5. Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

Abraham Kuyper

#6. If during the Reformation you were a Catholic who lived in a part of Germany in which Lutheranism was the ascendant religion and the ruler of the province or the region was Lutheran, to stay a Catholic, you either had to be a dissenter or you had to leave.

Susan Jacoby

#7. Lutheranism is essentially German ... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful.

William Ralph Inge

#8. Precision in matters of Christian doctrine is a hallmark of confessional Lutheranism, all for the sake of the Gospel.

C.F.W. Walther

#9. I think good music comes from the heart. That's my belief.

Greg Lake

#10. I'll have more than that." He tapped the windowsill. "I'm going to refound the Knights Radiant.

Brandon Sanderson

#11. The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move closer to God. God is always coming near to us. Most especially in the Eucharist and in the stranger.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

#12. If women die in childbed, that does no harm. It is what they were made for.

Martin Luther

#13. Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.

Conor Oberst

#14. If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Change your tools; it may free your thinking.

Paul Arden

#15. I have the '77 Million Paintings' running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I'll look up from what I'm doing and I think, 'God, I've never seen anything like that before!' And that's a real thrill.

Brian Eno

#16. A real man never lets his lady slip by the wayside.

C.M. Stunich

#17. I always ask myself one question: what is human? What does it mean to be human? Maybe people will consider my new films brutal again. But this violence is just a reflection of what they really are, of what is in each one of us to certain degree.

Kim Ki-duk

#18. The whole thrust of science and the medical profession is to try and prevent it from happening, to try to prolong life, to keep you from dying, to keep you from getting older, to rejuvenate you. I mean, that's everybody's wish. The fountain of youth is everybody's sought-after thing.

Woody Allen

#19. He leaned over and stroked her mound as he growled into her ear, Dominate me.

Red Phoenix