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Date Posted: 05:04:15 05/05/02 Sun
Author: A Catholic
Subject: Luther Defends the Catholic Faith

From "Plain Talk about the Protestantism of Today" by Msg. Segur -- published in 1868 by Thomas and Noonan & Co. page 68

It is worth while to hear Luther, the ardent patriarch of the Reformation, on this subject. At the meeting of Marburg, when the famous dispute between Luther and Zwinglius took place, the former maintaining the dogma of the Holy Eucharist against all adversaries, Zwinglius objected to the dogma of the Real Presence as a remnant of Popery.

"Well then," quoth Luther, "reject also the holy Bible, because it is from the Pope we have received it. We are forced to acknowledge, Protestants as we are, that in Popery there are truths of salvation, yes, ALL the truths of salvation, and that we receive them from Popery; for it is in Popery that we find the true Holy Scriptures, true Baptism, the true Sacrement of the altar, the true keys which pardon sin, true preaching, true catechism, the true articles of faith; and, moreover, I say, that in Popery TRUE CHRISTIANITY is to be found."

See the Protestant edition of Luther's works, published in Jena pp. 408 and 9.

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