reasons to learn — Christian Debate https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:03:35 +0000 en reasons to learn — Christian Debate Martin Luther on the benift of learning Biblical languages https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/discussion/55/martin-luther-on-the-benift-of-learning-biblical-languages Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:49:46 +0000 Devotional Thoughts Mitchell 55@/index.php?p=/discussions

Let us be sure of this: we will not long preserve the gospel without the languages.
The languages are the sheath in which this sword of the Spirit [Eph. 6:17] is contained; they
are the casket in which this jewel is enshrined; they are the vessel in which this wine is
held; they are the larder in which this food is stored. . . . If through our neglect we let the
languages go (which God forbid!), we shall . . . lose the gospel.

Martin Luther, “To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools,” in The Christian in Society II (ed. Walther I. Brandt; trans. Albert T. W. Steinhaeuser and rev. Walther I. Brandt; Luther’s Works 45; Philadelphia: Muhlenberg, 1962 [orig. 1525]), 360. _

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