“But if we are so to treat our faith that we bring our pet ideas into Scripture and deal with Scripture according to our understanding, attending only to what is common to the crowd and generally accepted notions, then no article of faith will remain, for there is none in Scripture that God has not placed beyond the reach of reason. On this account, Dr. Karlstadt's error reveals itself in his attitude toward faith in the Word of God, namely that a reason readily and willingly accepts it, while in reality reason balks at the Word of God and the articles of faith.” Martin Luther, Against the Heavenly Prophets, Luther's Works, American Edition, 40:153
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