Martin Luther – B. A. Sep. 29, 1502

…the devil’s cunning…if he cannot hurt by persecuting and destroying, he doth it under color of correcting & building up.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 44.

 

No man hath so grievously fallen at any time, but he may rise again.  And on the other side, no man taketh so fast footing, but he man fall. If Peter fell, I may likewise fall.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 94.

 

…No man can sufficiently conceive how horrible the idolatry of the papist is.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 116.

 

…Where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, he will not suffer a man to be idle.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 133.

 

…this is the proper office of an apostle, to set forth the glory and benefit of Christ.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 255.

 

…Where the fear of God is not, there can be no thirsting for grace or life.

Martin Luther, Commentary on Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1930) 299.

 

9/29 Martin Luther, 1502, received his B.A. degree from the University of Erfurt.