Luther’s Works<\/em>, vol. 69, p. 216. \u00a0 [Emphasis added]<\/p>\nThe editors identified Luther’s quote of Terence’s Andria<\/em>\u00a0in the bold section from the quote above. \u00a0Truth simply isn’t popular among human beings therefore, those who tell the truth make their own enemies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” John 18:38 \u00a0\u00a0Regarding these words Dr. Luther stated the following: “I do not know whether Pilate is being serious or whether he is mocking. \u00a0But in my understanding, I take what he says … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel","category-martin-luther-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1442,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cune.edu\/matthewphillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>that You have been taken captive and led here bound. \u00a0If you want to live on earth, You must give up the truth.’ Thus I understand what he says to be a heathen jest, spoken with a shameless conscience.” Martin Luther, Sermons on the Gospel of St. John: Chapters 17-20<\/em>, Luther’s Works<\/em>, vol. 69, p. 216. \u00a0 [Emphasis added]<\/p>\n