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| I took away the dark on this photo, to make Vader show up better. He looked better before - and so did his tacky, worn robe. Look at the hem. So it is with the SynConference - take away the Photoshop efforts and they look mighty bad. |
In their confessions the monks make no mention of faith, or the merit of Christ, but they teach and set forth the satisfaction and merits of men, as it may plainly appear in the form of absolution which the monks used among themselves, and such as would be counted more devout than others, which I think well to set down, that our posterity may see how great and how horrible the kingdom of the pope is.
God forgive thee, my brother. The merit of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of
blessed St. Mary, always a virgin, and of all the saints: the merit of thine order, the straitness
of thy religion, the humility of thy confession, the contriton of thy heart, the good works which
thou hast done and shall do for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, be unto thee available for
the remission of thy sins, the increase of desert and grace, and the reward of everlasting life,
Amen.
Ye hear the merit of Christ mentioned in these words, but if ye weigh them well, ye shall perceive that Christ is there altogether unprofitable, and that the glory and name of a justifier is quite taken away from Him, and give to monkish merits. Is not this to confess Christ in words, and in very deed to deny His power?
Martin Luther, Kregel, Galatians 2:18, p. 81.
