“ A lawyer is wise according to human wisdom, a divine according to God’s wisdom. ”
Martin Luther, Table Talk (1566). copy citation
| Author | Martin Luther |
|---|---|
| Source | Table Talk |
| Topic | wisdom lawyer |
| Date | 1566 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by William Hazlitt |
| Weblink | http://www.ntslibrary.com/PDF%20Books/Luther%20Table%20Talk.pdf |
Context
“The greatest part of the lawyers, especially the canonists, are the pope’s servants, and although they will not have the name, yet they prove it in deed. They would willingly rule the church, and trample upon her true and faithful servants; therefore are they damned.
OF UNIVERSITIES, ARTS, ETC. DCCLXXXIX. A lawyer is wise according to human wisdom, a divine according to God’s wisdom.
DCCXC. Ah! how bitter an enemy is the devil to our church and school here at Wittenberg, which in particular he opposes more than the rest, so that tyranny and heresy increase and get the upper hand by force, in that all the members of the church are against one another;”
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