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Martin Luther on his authority to add to Sacred Scripture to support
his doctrine of Faith Alone
"You tell me what a great fuss the Papists are making because the word
"alone" (which Luther added) is not in the text of Paul (Romans 3:28).
If your Papist makes such an unnecessary row about the word "alone,"
say right out to him: "Dr. Martin Luther will have it so," and I order
it to be so, and my will is reason enough. I know very well that the
word "alone" is not in the Latin or the Greek text ... it shall remain in
my (sic) New Testament. All the Popish donkeys will not get it out."
Martin Luther -- source: John Stoddard, Rebuilding a Lost Faith
(Rockford, IL: TAN Books), 136-137.
Martin Luther added the word "alone" to
Romans 3:28, and "only" to Romans 4:16.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith alone [allein
durch den Glauben] apart from the deeds of the law. Rom. 3:28
Luther's German Bible
Therefore it is of faith only that it might be according to grace, so that
the promise might be sure to all the seed ... Rom. 4:16 Luther's
German Bible
versus James 2:24 NKJV You see then that a man is justified by works
and not by faith only.
In Erie PA USA September 2011 AD Scott R. Harrington, B.A.
his doctrine of Faith Alone
"You tell me what a great fuss the Papists are making because the word
"alone" (which Luther added) is not in the text of Paul (Romans 3:28).
If your Papist makes such an unnecessary row about the word "alone,"
say right out to him: "Dr. Martin Luther will have it so," and I order
it to be so, and my will is reason enough. I know very well that the
word "alone" is not in the Latin or the Greek text ... it shall remain in
my (sic) New Testament. All the Popish donkeys will not get it out."
Martin Luther -- source: John Stoddard, Rebuilding a Lost Faith
(Rockford, IL: TAN Books), 136-137.
Martin Luther added the word "alone" to
Romans 3:28, and "only" to Romans 4:16.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith alone [allein
durch den Glauben] apart from the deeds of the law. Rom. 3:28
Luther's German Bible
Therefore it is of faith only that it might be according to grace, so that
the promise might be sure to all the seed ... Rom. 4:16 Luther's
German Bible
versus James 2:24 NKJV You see then that a man is justified by works
and not by faith only.
In Erie PA USA September 2011 AD Scott R. Harrington, B.A.