Hearing the devil speak (Martin Luther)

[Reformed Covenanter]

‘He who wants to hear God speak should read Holy Scripture. He who wants to hear the devil speak should read the pope’s decretals and bulls.’ Martin Luther [1]

[1] Quoted in Mark D. Thompson, A Sure Ground on Which to Stand: The Relation of Authority and Interpretive Method in Luther’s Approach to Scripture (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006), p. 264.

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

Alternatively, you could just tune in to CNN.

 

[C. M. Sheffield]

Some examples of the Devil's speaking...

"If any one saith, that by faith alone the impious is justified; in such wise as to mean, that nothing else is required to co-operate in order to the obtaining the grace of Justification, and that it is not in any way necessary, that he be prepared and disposed by the movement of his own will; let him be anathema."—Council of Trent, Canon 9.

"If any one shall say that justifying faith is nothing else than confidence in the divine mercy pardoning sins for Christ's sake, or that it is that confidence alone by which we are justified...let him be accursed."—Council of Trent, Canon 12.

"If any one saith, that, after the grace of Justification has been received, to every penitent sinner the guilt is remitted, and the debt of eternal punishment is blotted out in such wise, that there remains not any debt of temporal punishment to be discharged either in this world, or in the next in Purgatory, before the entrance to the kingdom of heaven can be opened (to him); let him be anathema."—Council of Trent, Canon 30.

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[jwright82]

‘He who wants to hear God speak should read Holy Scripture. He who wants to hear the devil speak should read the pope’s decretals and bulls.’ Martin Luther [1]

[1] Quoted in Mark D. Thompson, A Sure Ground on Which to Stand: The Relation of Authority and Interpretive Method in Luther’s Approach to Scripture (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006), p. 264.

Oooooohhhhhhh burnnnnn!!!!