Quotes About Religion

Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.

Sometimes the curses of the godless sound better than the hallelujahs of the pious.

I would rather be ruled by a just Turk than by an unjust Christian.

Despair makes priests and friars.

In all other matters I will yield to any man whatsoever; but I have neither the power nor the will to deny the Word of God.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

They mistakenly assume that their good works can save them. Just make sure that you are born again. Because if you are not, your good works are worthless.

We also know that God is no respecter of persons. A plain factory hand who does his work faithfully pleases God just as much as a minister of the Word.

Since God will have us leave father and mother for his sake, certainly he will have us leave lords (governors) for his sake.

What the heathen had in their wood, we have in our opinions.

We are so blind that we run to God with physical ailments and needs, but for illnesses of the soul we run away from God and are determined not to return until we are cured—as if there were two gods, one to help the body and one to aid the soul, or as if we ourselves could take care of spiritual needs, although they are greater than the physical. This is really a devilish bit of advice and counsel.

Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves.

It seems we must choose between Christ and the Pope. Let the Pope perish.

God is our Father and our God, but only in Christ Jesus.

Papal decretals are the Devil's excretals.

so unbelief alone commits sin..Hence Christ calls unbelief the only sin.

I do not bother my head with speculations about the nature of God. I simply attach myself to the human Christ

Der freie Wille sei zu nichts fähig außer zum Sündigen.

and yet neither the bishops nor canons care how the poor people live or die, for whom nevertheless Christ has died, and who are not permitted to hear Him speak with them as the true Shepherd with His sheep.

Thus the Turks also regard us as damned because of the disasters and troubles we endure. But they promise themselves eternal happiness because they flourish in this life with wealth and power. This is the Egyptian philosophy and the Turkish religion. The Christian doctrine refutes it, as is taught elsewhere.

Moreover, I cannot bear with laws for the interpretation of the word of God, since the word of God, which teaches liberty in all other things, ought not to be bound.

For it is difficult to believe in God without an example, to be led by God as He led Abraham, a solitary individual, to see all the other peoples having an abhorrence for the religion you follow, to find that you alone believe and follow something different from all other men.

Thus it has come about that out of the Word they have made Law, out of faith works, out of truth a show; and therefore they have finally been forced to employ the sword.

To be a Christian without praying is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.