Thursday, December 29, 2011

5 Great Reformers of the Reformation

“Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen!” Martin Luther (Lutheran Churches)

“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice” John Calvin (Reformed Churches)

“A man with God is always in the majority.” John Knox (Presbetyrian Churches)

".....do not put yourself at odds with the Word of God. For truly it will persist as surely as the Rhine follows its course. One can perhaps dam it up for awhile, but it is impossible to stop it." Ulrich Zwingli (Brethern Churches)

"Live, first of all, piously and purely; afterwards, teach faithfully and sincerely." Jan Huss (Moravian Churches)

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Isaiah 58:1

5 "Solas" of the Reformation:

Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone") Sola fide ("by faith alone") Sola gratia ("by grace alone") Solus Christus ("Christ alone") Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone")