And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

- Martin Chemnitz

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of t…

- Martin Chemnitz

In the first place, our faith ought to lay hold on Christ as God and man in that nature by which He has been made our neighbor, kinsman, and brother.

- Martin Chemnitz

The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved.

- Martin Chemnitz

And Christ says of that which is blessed, which is offered, received, eaten and drunk: This is My body; this is My blood.

- Martin Chemnitz

For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the exten…

- Martin Chemnitz

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the same thing…

- Martin Chemnitz

I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than expla…

- Martin Chemnitz

Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lo…

- Martin Chemnitz