“To this estate of fatherhood and motherhood God has given the special distinction above all estates … for all authority flows and is propagated from the authority of parents.” ―
“How, then, does such sanctification take place? Not in this manner, that [with folded hands] we sit behind the stove and do no rough [external] work, or deck ourselves with
“Besides this you must also know how to use the name [of God] aright… For it has been revealed and given to us for the very purpose that it may
“…where the heart is rightly disposed toward God and this commandment is observed, all the others follow.”― Martin Luther, Large Catechism You shall have no other Gods. What does