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NASB | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." [Ex 3:6] |
Subject: purgatory is it true? |
Bible Note: Tim, 2 of 2 Citations as requested on Mary and the Reformers. Emmaus Honor to Mary “The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart”. , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, (translation by William J Cole), 10, III, p 313 “Is Christ only to be adored? Or is the Holy Mother of God rather not to be honored? This is the woman who crushed the serpent’s head. Hear us. For you son denies you nothing.” , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, (translation by William J Cole), Vol 51, 128-129 Luther was opposed to the concept of Mary’s mediation as were all the reformers but not opposed to her veneration. Images of Mary “One cannot grasp spiritual things unless images are made of them.” , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, (translation by William J Cole), Vol 46, p 308 “Nothing else can be drawn from the words: “Thou shall have no strange gods before me” except what relates to idolatry. But where pictures or sculptures are made without idolatry, the making of such things is not forbidden.” , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, (translation by William J Cole), Vol 18, p. 69 “If I have a painted picture on the wall and I look upon it without idolatry, that is not forbidden to me and should not be taken from me.” , Weimar edition of Martin Luther’s Works, (translation by William J Cole), Vol 28, p. 677 “The more the honor and love of Christ increases among men, so much the esteem and honor given to Mary should grow.” Ulrich Zwingli, Zwingli Opera(Zwingli’s Works), Corpus Reformatorum, Vol 1, 427-428 “She can hardly be compared to the other saints, but should by rights be elevated above all of them.” Heinrich Bullinger ( Cranmmer's brother in law and successor to Zwingli) by Max Thurian, Mary, Mother of All Christians, (New York, Herder and Herder, 1964), p. 89 |