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Originally Posted by VirginiaHuguenot I have seen variations on a quote by Martin Luther that is cited often:
"Four things [sometimes said to be three things] make a divine [or a minister]: prayer, reading, temptation, and meditation."
Does anyone know the citation to Luther's quote and the exact original wording (or English translation thereof)?
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Your German greeting reminded me of Luther's 'Anfechtung', which may be rendered 'temptation', but its connotation extends beyond that. Perhaps one ought to render it as 'assault'. I think Luther's point was that exegesis is deficient apart from one's experience, which, incidentally is a very Calvinistic thing to say, cf. Calvin's
Preface to the Psalter. We must know the doctrines of grace and the grace of the doctrines. Our theology is always experimental - sometimes 'better felt than tell't'.