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Originally posted by DTK
Does anyone have a solid reference/source for the following alleged quote of Luther? "The Christian faith is a matter of personal pronouns."
Thanks for any help someone might offer,
DTK
Note especially the pronoun "our" and its significance. You will readily grant that Christ gave Himself for the sins of Peter, Paul, and others who were worthy of such grace. But feeling low, you find it hard to believe that Christ gave Himself for your sins. Our feelings shy at a personal application of the pronoun "our," and we refuse to have anything to do with God until we have made ourselves worthy by good deeds.
Originally posted by DTK
Does anyone have a solid reference/source for the following alleged quote of Luther? "The Christian faith is a matter of personal pronouns."
Thanks for any help someone might offer,
DTK
Read with great emphasis these words, "me," "for me," and accustom yourself to accept and apply to yourself this "me" with certain faith. The words OUR, US, FOR US, ought to be written in golden letters -- the man who does not believe them is not a Christian (Luther's Works, 26.179).
Thanks Dr. Clark. I very much appreciate your explanation, along with identifying the probable source from which it came.Originally posted by R. Scott Clark
It might refer to this famous quotation:
Read with great emphasis these words, "me," "for me," and accustom yourself to accept and apply to yourself this "me" with certain faith. The words OUR, US, FOR US, ought to be written in golden letters -- the man who does not believe them is not a Christian (Luther's Works, 26.179).
I did an electronic search of Luther's Works. That phrase did not show up. The LW are not exhaustive, however. There are untranslated works. It might be from Plass' "What Luther Says," but it sounds like someone's summary of Luther. I might be wrong, but it doesn't sound/read like a characteristic Luther saying.
rsc
Read with great emphasis these words, "me," "for me," and accustom yourself to accept and to apply to yourself this "me" with certain faith. Nor doubt that you, too, are of the number of those who are called "me," and that Christ loved not only Peter and Paul and gave Himself for them but that the grace comprehended in this "me" pertains and comes to us as well as to them. (W 40 I, 299- E Gal. 1, 261f - SL 9, 241f)
Plass, Ewald E. What Luther Says, An Anthology, (Concordia Publishing House, 1959), p.470 #1389.
Originally posted by Jeff_Bartel
I also found this related quote:
Read with great emphasis these words, "me," "for me," and accustom yourself to accept and to apply to yourself this "me" with certain faith. Nor doubt that you, too, are of the number of those who are called "me," and that Christ loved not only Peter and Paul and gave Himself for them but that the grace comprehended in this "me" pertains and comes to us as well as to them. (W 40 I, 299- E Gal. 1, 261f - SL 9, 241f)
Plass, Ewald E. What Luther Says, An Anthology, (Concordia Publishing House, 1959), p.470 #1389.