Saturday, February 2, 2008

As opposed to the work of the great false priest

While the previous post noted the work and obligation of the priest, I drop back a few pages in Luther to note the failings of satan.... I thought this quite a profound thought.

AELW2:6

"Now where these spiritual vices exist and flourish, it is easy to fall into the sins of the flesh. “For to fall away from God is the beginning of sin,” as Sirach says (Ecclus. 10:18). Thus the first fall of the devil is from heaven into hell, that is, from the First Table into the Second."

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