Category Archives: Martin Luther

Martin Luther on Preaching on Christ’s Passion & Death

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Matthew Phillips

“But someone might say, Are we to proclaim nothing but that Christ died for us? Isn’t it enough to preach about this one time only? I have heard it so often and know it so well. Answer: The Jews were required … Continue reading →

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Memory, identity and history

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Matthew Phillips

“Our memory is the thread of our personal identity; our memory liberates us from what Melanchthon, Luther’s colleague, called perpetual childhood.  Without our past we have no present or future.” Carter Lindberg, The European Reformations, 2nd Ed, p. 2 Lindberg … Continue reading →

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My favorite quote about historians

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Matthew Phillips

“The historians, therefore, are the most useful people and the best teachers, so that one can never honor, praise, or thank them enough.” Martin Luther, “Preface to Galeatius Capella’s History,” Luther’s Works, Vol. 34, p. 276.

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