Martin Luther Quotes
God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing
Luther, Martin. Luther's Works, Volume 31: Career of the Reformer I. Edited by Harold J. Grimm, Fortress Press, 1957, p. 349.
Martin Luther, O.S.A. was a German professor of theology, priest, author, composer, Augustinian monk, and a seminal figure in the Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; in particular, he disputed the view on indulgences. Luther proposed an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Holy Roman Emperor.