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Departing from ‘sola Scriptura,’ Luther said there was nothing in Scripture about the Assumption, yet he still believed it, implicitly on the authority of the Church and tradition.
Ludwig von Löfftz, “The Assumption of Mary,” 1888 (photo: Public Domain)
In The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary, Lutheran scholar Eric W. Gritsch, who was a major translator in the English set, Luther’s Works, observed that “Luther affirmed Mary’s assumption into heaven but did not consider it to be of benefit to others or accomplished in any special way.”
In the same book, 12 Lutheran and 10 Catholic scholars participated. Their “Common Statement” (a sort of creed-like formulation agreed upon by all) yielded some very interesting conclusions indeed:
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In The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary, Lutheran scholar Eric W. Gritsch, who was a major translator in the English set, Luther’s Works, observed that “Luther affirmed Mary’s assumption into heaven but did not consider it to be of benefit to others or accomplished in any special way.”
In the same book, 12 Lutheran and 10 Catholic scholars participated. Their “Common Statement” (a sort of creed-like formulation agreed upon by all) yielded some very interesting conclusions indeed:
- “Luther preached on the Assumption. … There were early Lutheran pastors who affirmed the Assumption as both evangelical and Lutheran.”
- “From the Lutheran side, one may recall the honor and devotion paid to the Mother of God by Luther himself, including his own attitude to the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption, which he accepted in some form.”
Luther signed an Aug. 19, 1527, letter to Georg Spalatin in the following (very “un-Protestant”) manner:
In his 1532 sermon, Luther stated:
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Martin Luther Said He Believed in Mary’s Assumption — Did He Ever Change His Mind?
Departing from ‘sola Scriptura,’ Luther said there was nothing in Scripture about the Assumption, yet he still believed it, implicitly on the authority of the Church and tradition.
