you can have 81 pages of gold and then one line ruins everything because HAVE YOU NOT READ ANY LUTHER CONGAR??
The Reformation "replaced a religious relationship that was intrinsically ecclesiastical by one in which the basic elements constituting it were of a purely personal nature; a certain communal note was added subsequently, but it was more of an external addition than an integral part. Each individual formed his own religious relationship by faith in reply to the Word of God, attained by a personal contact with the Bible” (62).
"Nobody will obtain salvation through so-called spiritual speculations, without external things. Attention must be paid to the Word, and Baptism must be sought. The Eucharist must be received, and absolution must be required. All these are indeed externals, but they are included in the Word. Hence the Holy Spirit works nothing without them” (LW 3:274-275)
The Reformation "replaced a religious relationship that was intrinsically ecclesiastical by one in which the basic elements constituting it were of a purely personal nature; a certain communal note was added subsequently, but it was more of an external addition than an integral part. Each individual formed his own religious relationship by faith in reply to the Word of God, attained by a personal contact with the Bible” (62).
"Nobody will obtain salvation through so-called spiritual speculations, without external things. Attention must be paid to the Word, and Baptism must be sought. The Eucharist must be received, and absolution must be required. All these are indeed externals, but they are included in the Word. Hence the Holy Spirit works nothing without them” (LW 3:274-275)