Martin Luther Quotes
What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them.
Luther, Martin. Luther's Works, Vol. 45: The Christian in Society II. Edited by Walther I. Brandt, Muhlenberg Press, 1962, p. 354.
This is the Admiral who commanded that invasion of Washington DC and the burning of the White House. It was in retaliation for the destruction of buildings in the American invasion of Canada that began the War of 1812.
This Biblical passage is often used by fundamentalists who claim that any child abuse laws limiting their right to discipline their children is an unconstitutional interference with their religious duty. Even in the early American colonies this was an issue. See Cotton Mather: {612010}
Head of the Sikh Religion. None of his predecessors had used arms, but he not only did so but often wore two swords representing the spiritual and civil domains.
This seems to be the first instance of the famous dictum.
government appointed officials and bureaucrats Savonarola was a very hated ruler, opposed to any kind of a Parliament or assembly. And the penalty for advocating for a Parliament was severe. The Signoria were the various government appointees and clerks. They were influential in Florence and hence they were silenced by the mot draconian methods. There was a movement throughout Italy for parliaments and less arbitrary government. Savonarola was particularly strict in his rooting out sin and cruel in his punishments and hence very unpopular. He was also under the delusion that God himself had called on him to preach his strict version of morality. Some of the Nobles reached the Pope with many of Savonarola’s extreme statements and Savonarola was excommunicated and burned as a heretic. His executioner gloated that he was burning Savonarola before the powerful priest could burn him as he had done so many others.
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.
