Dad.org Newsletter November 2017, Volume 23, Number 6
The Dark Side of Luther
This is the last of my newsletters responding to the 500
th
anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. I’m sending you some of the
overlooked statements of Luther revealing his thoughts on Catholics, his
claim to infallibility, and his hatred of the Jews.
All quotations are from
Luther’s Own Statements Concerning His Teaching and Its Results by Henry O’Connor, Benzinger, 1884. Google Books offers a free digital copy. A copy is also available by clicking here.
What Luther Said about Catholics
“The
Pope, the Cardinals, and the whole Romish Court and mob, are nothing
else but a stable full of big, coarse, stupid, disgraceful donkeys.”
“The
Pope, the Cardinals…ought to be taken and (as they are blasphemers)
their tongue ought to be torn out through the back of their neck and
nailed to the gallows…”
[Bishops under the Pope are] “Wolves, tyrants, murderers of souls, and the Apostles of the Antichrist…”
“…why
do we not still more attack with every kind of weapon these teachers of
perdition, these Cardinals, these Popes, and that whole abomination of
the Romish Sodom, which, without ceasing, corrupts the Church of God,
and why do we not wash our hands in their blood?”
“It is clear enough that they (the Papists) are the Christians of the Devil.”
Luther’s Claim to Infallibility
“I am certain that I have my teaching from heaven.”
“Whoever
teaches differently from what I have taught herein, or condemns me for
it, he condemns God, and must be a child of Hell.”
“…so that whoever does not accept my teaching, cannot be saved…Therefore, my judgment is at the same time God’s and not mine.”
Why Luther Inserted the Word “Alone” in Romans 3:28
“You tell me what great fuss the Papists make, because the word Sola (“alone”) is not in the text of Paul.”
“…If
your Papist makes much unnecessary fuss about the word (Sola, alone),
say straight out to him, Doctor Martinus Luther will have it so, and
says, Papists and donkeys are one and the same thing…(thus I will have
it, thus I order it, my will is reason enough). For we will not be the
scholars or the disciples of the Papists, but their masters and judges.
We must once in a way act a little haughtily and noisily with these
jack-asses.”
“…and as to their unnecessary noise about the word
Sola, I beg of you not to give those donkeys any other further answer,
but simply this much: D. Luther will have it so, and he is a Doctor
above all Doctors in the whole of popery.”
“…I knew very well
that here, Rom. III, the word (Sola) is not in the Latin and Greek text,
and it was not necessary for the Papists to teach me that. It is true,
these four letters, S.O.L.A. are not in it, which letter the jack-asses
look at as a cow looks at a new gate; but they do not see that
nevertheless, it expresses the meaning of the text, and if our German
translation is to be clear and powerful; it ought to be put in…”
Editor’s
note: To their credit, not a single Protestant English translation of
Romans 3:28 inserts the world “alone” as Luther did. This includes the
KJV, RSV, NIV, NASB, ESV and several others.
Luther’s Hatred towards the Jews
Luther
writes, “Now what are we Christians to do with this rejected, damned
people of the Jews? ... I will give my honest advice.”
“First,
their synagogues or schools are to be set on fire, and whatever will not
burn, is to be covered and heaped over with earth, so that never again
shall one find stone or cinder of them left. And this is to be done in
order to honor the Lord and Christianity, so that God may see that we
are Christians…”
“Secondly, their houses are likewise to be broken down and destroyed…”
Editor’s
note: No wonder Hitler in “Mein Kampf” names Luther as one of history’s
greatest reformers. A copy of Luther’s “On the Jews and Their Lies” was
prominently displayed during the Nazi’s Nuremberg rallies.
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Personal
The Vatican announced on October 31
st
that they are issuing a stamp honoring Martin Luther and his
collaborator Philipp Melanchthon. I don’t plan on buying any of the
stamps.
Yours in His Majesty’s Service,
Steve Wood
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