Friday, September 2, 2011

A Voice from the Past - Martin Luther

To make the way smoother for the unlearned -- for only them do I serve -- I shall set down the following two propositions concerning the freedom and the bondage of the spirit:

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none.
A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all.

Martin Luther, 1520, The Freedom of a Christian (Three Treatises, Fortress Press, 1970, p. 277)

Is this correct? What does it mean? How do the two statements fit together?
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  1. kc bobSeptember 6, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    We are only free if we are free from selfcenteredness.

    Having to comment again because word verification disliked my entry.

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  2. Mike Erich the Mad TheologianSeptember 8, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    I agree and that is the only freedom really worth having.

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