...that they have not vanquished me. I do not marry in the hope of living long with my wife ; but seeing that my end is near, and that after my death they will trample my doctrine under foot, I mean to leave for the edification of the weak, a striking confirmation...

...ordinance of God ; celibacy, the institution of man. " I do not take a wife," he said, " that I may live long with her ; but seeing the nations and the princes...a striking testimony to what I teach here below." The war of the peasants had brought great reproach on the principles of the Reformation at that time,...

...the weak, to leave behind me a marked confirmation of the precepts I have enforced while on earth." On the llth of June 1525, Luther went to the house of his friend and colleague, AmsdoriF. Ho requested Pomerauius, whom he called ' by distinction, " the pastor," to perform the ceremony...

...the devil and the world this trick. I will content my father and marry Catharine." On the llth day of June, 1525, Luther went to the house of his friend and colleague Armsdorf. Pomeranus, the pastor, blessed here the union. The celebrated painter Lucas Cranach and Doctor...