Martin Chemnitz Quotes


As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present. Martin Chemnitz Absolution 74
In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother. Martin Chemnitz Faith 59
For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us. Martin Chemnitz Between 59
Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture. Martin Chemnitz Agree 45
And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use. Martin Chemnitz Between 43
Thus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature. Martin Chemnitz Blessed 37
I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language. Martin Chemnitz Attention 27
Nevertheless the meaning is not that the blessed bread which is divided, which is offered, and which the apostles received from the hand of Christ was not the body of Christ but becomes the body of Christ when the eating of it is begun. Martin Chemnitz Apostles 17

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