11.
THE QUESTION WAS:
In
1519, Luther wrote: I never approved of a ___________, nor will I approve of it
for all eternity.”
a.
Bible tax
b.
curfew
c.
schism
THE
ANSWER IS…..C…… Schism
LUTHER’s full quote:
“I never approved of a schism, nor will I approve of it
for all eternity. . . . That the Roman Church is more honored by God than all
others is not to be doubted. St. Peter and
“On the contrary, the worse
things are going, the more should we hold close to her, for it is not by
separating from the Church that we can make her better. We must not separate from
God on account of any work of the devil, nor cease to have fellowship with the
children of God who are still abiding in the pale of Rome on account of the
multitude of the ungodly. There is no sin, no amount of evil, which should be
permitted to dissolve the bond of charity or break the bond of unity of the
body. For love can do all things, and nothing is difficult to those who are
united.”
(SOURCE: Letter to Pope Leo X, January 6, 1519 more than a year after the Ninety-Five Theses quoted in The Facts about Luther, 356)
Stuff on Unity and Schism:
http://www.cin.org/users/jgallegos/schism.htm
http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/unity2.html
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