Luther’s Lesson on Civil Power

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 27, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 48.

Luther’s Lesson on Civil Power

On Sunday, November 10, Lutherans celebrated, by various services, the four hundred and eighteenth anniversary of Martin Luther’s birth. Would that they might recall one great truth held by the reformer, and which found strong emphasis in reformation times. Luther rejected the aid of the civil magistrate, contending that God could care for His own without interference by the civil magistrate. Zwingli united with the civil power to protect and promote the faith. The former found prosperity, the latter met defeat and death. Would to God that Protestants might heed the lesson.