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Sunday, September 13, 2015
Quote of the Day (Martin Luther, on Faith, the ‘Yes of the Heart’)
"Faith is the 'yes' of the heart, a conviction
on which one stakes one's life." —Martin Luther, sermon for the Sunday
after the Feast of Circumcision, January 4, 1540, Weimar Edition, Volume 49,
quoted in Grace A. Brame, Faith, the Yes of the Heart (1999)
If Faith is the 'Yes' of the heart, then Reason is the 'Conviction' of the mind. Martin Luther was precursor of the Reformation. Today in the 21st century, we no longer believe that we need to buy indulgences to shorten our stay in Purgatory. In fact the Church has said there's no Purgatory. And there's no Limbo either. Now the Pope says Heaven is not a place but a state of grace. Next question is, Is there a Hell?
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
1 comment:
Michael:
If Faith is the 'Yes' of the heart, then Reason is the 'Conviction' of the mind. Martin Luther was precursor of the Reformation. Today in the 21st century, we no longer believe that we need to buy indulgences to shorten our stay in Purgatory. In fact the Church has said there's no Purgatory. And there's no Limbo either. Now the Pope says Heaven is not a place but a state of grace. Next question is, Is there a Hell?
Adolfo.
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