MESSIAH AS PROPHET

JESUS AS PROPHET, PRIEST

AND KING

If we come across any Christian and ask him who the founder of Christianity was, he would certainly say “Jesus Christ”. And people who had the knowledge of the Bible would say “Jesus” was His first name and Christ was His last name. It can also be said Christ is not the name but only a title.

When His earthly parents at the time of (registration at the local town hall might not have written their names as Joseph Christ and Mary Christ. So, the word Christ is only a title but not His last name. And the meaning of that title is “Messiah” in Hebrew language ie., “an anointed one”. Then either in the Bible or some writers must have used casually the phrase Jesus Christ which means they both are really saying Jesus the Messiah.

Below the title of Christ/Messiah it appears to us that there is a deep layer of rich meaning. Then let us try to understand the special roles played by this so called “Messiah the anointed one” in the old Testament and how Jesus embodied these roles in His life’s ministry.

MESSIAH AS PROPHET

Elijah was commanded by God to be the prophet. Elisha was anointed to be the prophet in his room (1kings 19:16). So the prophets were often referred to as “nine anointed”.

The Messiah came to this world not only to rule and redeem, but also to proclaim the truths about “Divine Revelation”. This was His major role to play as prophet – one who declares God’s messages – Moses was the greatest prophet of the Old Testament, predicted “behold, Lord they God will raise up unto the prophet from the midst of thee of they brethren like unto me unto him ye shall hearken” (Deuteronomy 18:15).

It is important to note in this connection, that this one must be from the brethren of

Quest for the Living God Israel, emphasizing His Jewish ethnic origin. Some people had seen this prophesy as having the fulfillment only in the order of prophets during Israel’s subsequent history. The information that is available later indicated that the Jews in the New Testament were expecting this “eschatological prophets”. The Dead Sea scrolls dating from the time between the Testaments period indicate that a group of deeply religious Jews at Qumran were still waiting for this great “prophet”. Some of the Jewish leaders also questioned John the Baptist, if he was Elias. He replied He was not. They again questioned him if he was that prophet. For that question his answer was ‘no’.

The apostles really understood the true identity of that prophet. Apostle Peter boldly applied the prophesy in Deuteronomy 18th chapter to Jesus as the prophet – Messiah in Acts 3:22 and Stephen also did the same in Acts 7:37. Basing on the comments of all these people we can conclude that Jesus was the ultimate prophet the one who would perfectly fulfill all of the prophetic ideals. No one spoke like that as He did, for He taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. He stood before His home town synagogue and proclaimed.

The spirit of the Lord was upon Him because He was anointed to preach the gospel to the poor. The priestly work of the Messiah was His sacrificial suffering. This was also equated to the Messianic figure with that of anointed prophet, who would fulfill and declare God’s word “I will declare (proclaim) thy name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.” So Jesus certified Himself as the promised Messianic prophet by faithfully predict things that later took place.

Jesus predicted only one example, that is needed to be given. Jesus most correctly predicted about the total destruction of Jerusalem temple.

He predicted that in 40 years the temple would be destroyed (Matthew 24:2). Accordingly His prophetic prediction was fulfilled in 70 A.D. when Roman authorities attacked Jerusalem and took away precious things like gold and silver from the temple and Jesus died in 30 A.D. Actually no one in the Bible history was qualified to be the prophet predicted by Moses. Jesus was that Messianic prophet just as he predicted.

MESSIAH AS PRIEST

Aaron and his sons were selected as priests in the second cadre of ancient Israel. They were anointed as priests with oil, the most essential performance of the Old Testament. Priest was only to offer sacrifices. Then the Messianic priestly function was seen both in this work as sacrificer who would officiate at the altar and also in His own person atone for “sin.”

The role of Messianic priest appeared in three ways in the Old Testament scripture and Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King Psalms 110, quoted in the New Testament more than any other passage. It is stated that David’s Lord (ie., Messiah) was declared by divine oath to be priest. “The Lord hath sworn and will not repent. Thou are priest forever after the order of Melchizedeck” (Psalms 110:4).

If we study the book of Hebrews it is nothing but a sermon explaining this great Psalm and its promises at Messianic priesthood. Then Jesus at the Father’s right hand being in the Melchizedeck’s priesthood is shown to be better than the temporary mortal Levitical priesthood. The sacrificial act of the Messiah was also given with details in Psalms.

Christ after He had offered one sacrifice for our sins, forever sat at the right hand of God. From that incident onwards Christ was expecting His enemies to be made His footstools. For by one offering He had perfected them for ever that are sanctified.

Regarding the second Old Testament passage which described the priestly sacrifice of the Messiah was found in the “servant song”. It was seen by many people as the best example of the gospel in the Old Testament. After describing the suffering of the Lord’s servant verse 10 declared “thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin.”

In Hebrew language the word for offering was ‘aslam’. It is used in the Old Testament for trespass offerings. The Marfelloons acknowledgement of the Messiah’s priestly sacrifices was then followed by the statement regarding the previous sacrifices of the Messiah we can find the next passage. Actually, we can give full account of this amazing chronological aspects of this passage. But the topic might become too big. Probably it would suffice to say that its prophesies among other things that at the right time “shall Messiah be cut off?” (Daniel 9:26). The words sacrifice offerings and enthusiasm are connected to Israel’s anointed priests of the Old Testament period and also applied to the work of Jesus in the New Testament. By considering all the above said points we can come to a conclusion that Jesus Himself was the Messianic Priest.

MESSIAH AS KING

Saul was made the Israelites first king. He was anointed by Samuel on the advice of God and played his role in theocratic kingdom (1Samuel 10:1). But Saul became selfish and disobedient to God. Still he was the Lord’s anointed and literally he was called “Messiah”. Saul for his weaknesses and sins God punished him and he faced miserable death. After him David became the king and he was also anointed by Samuel. And this king David joined prophets, priest in Israel as the Lord’s anointed one.

In spite of all that long before Saul and David, prophetic scripture anticipated an anointed king – and the most surprising thing the person was that His characteristics went beyond any earthly monarch – Jacob who supposed to have lived in 1800 B.C. and then Balaam

Quest for the Living God who must have lived in 1400 B.C. Both of them had prophesied about king-messiah who was wielding the scepter. The concluding verse of Hannah’s first passage in which the coming deliverer was particularly called Messiah! And at the same time he was specially called king. He could give strength to the king and then exalt the horn of His anointed. The future king would not be either Saul or David because these kings regime takes place in that future age only when the Lord gives His judgment and that is the end of the earth.

The book of Psalms contained a good number of references about this king and His characteristics showed that he was as forceful as king David referred to king Messiah as the Son of God. He also predicted Messiah’s ascension to the right hand of Yahveh as David “adon” which means, ruling in the midst of His enemies after they had been defeated. King Solomon also looked beyond his own time and foretold the coming of the most perfect king whose kingdom would take up when his own hand terminated. That anointed king “shall have His dominion from sea to sea, and to the river to the end of the earth.” And in the same way as said in the psalms, it was addressed to the “Divine Messianic King” saying “thy throne O God, is forever and ever the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter.”

Prophet Isaiah also predicted about the Messianic child that He would bear governmental authority upon the throne of David (Isaiah 9:7). Micah also predicted about Messiah’s birth in the humble village of David’s royal family in Bethlehem instead of in the royal city of Jerusalem. Then prophet Jeremiah in his prediction united deity and humanity when he described the reign of king Messiah.

“Behold the days came saith the Lord,

that I will raise unto David a righteous

branch and a king shall reign and prosper

and shall execute judgment and

justice in the earth in his days hath

shall be saved and Israel shall dwell

safely and this is His name whereby

he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:5-6).

Though Jesus defended his kingship with the Roman authorities, it was not accepted first by the Roman procurator. Finally the Pilate questioned Him, “art thou the king of the Jews” For that question Jesus replied,

"My kingdom is not of this world, if my

kingdom were of this world, then would

my servants fight that I should not be Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King

delivered to the Jews, but now is my

kingdom not from hence”.

In spite of His time and again sayings regarding the purpose for which He was sent; He was really misunderstood by His own people (Jews) and finally he was crucified by His own people. Just at that time the Pilate wrote a title and put in on the cross and the writing was “Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews” (John 19:19). Even though, He was mocked at, wounded severely with spears, and finally brutally killed by His own people, He was the Messianic king.

If we look into the Qumran authors of the ‘dead sea scrolls’, people who lived and wrote for two centuries period to Jesus, understood the Hebrew scripture and also about the Messianic king but they thought there must be three kinds of Messiah. They were Messianic prophet, Messianic Priest and Messianic King. They appeared to be in the right track in their understanding and according to authentic information there would be three different Messiahs but all are one. If we consider some of the passages from the New Testament and the role of Jesus as prophet, priest and king it is really understanding to study.

Jesus appeared on the earth in His role of prophet. He appeared now in heaven in His role as priest. Then He would appear at His second coming in His role as king. In this context let us consider the description of John about the Messiah in his book of Revelation (1:5).

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the

Faithful witness (prophet) and the

First forgotten of the dead (priest) and

the prince of the kings of the earth

(king) unto him that loved us and

washed us from our "sins" in his own blood”. (John 1:5)

If we look into the scripture, there were some individual Israelites example of a person who was at the same time a priest and a prophet (Ezekiel and Jeremiah) and also a person who was at the same time both a king and a prophet. It was David. But there was not a man from Israel who was both priest and king and it was Jesus Christ.

There was such restriction because only Messiah should consider those two functions in His own person. It was not exemplified because it was to be a dual role only to be fulfilled by a man from Isralite priest-king the Lord Jesus Christ. So, the final Messiah would be the ideal person of perfect priest-king combining the role of the prophet, who declared God’s rule, to mean the priest who offered a sacrifice to God for man and the king who alone had the right to rule over men as God.

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The anointed one of Jesus was, is, and always will be the prophet, the priest an the king. Each of the roles was however, played at different times in His ministry during His earthly ministry of teaching and preaching His role as prophet was in the forefront. His sacrificial death, resurrection and ascension and current session at His Father’s right hand brings his role as a priest unto our views. His return to earth during His Millenial reign and His role as king would be stressed more. The point is that He is always the anointed king and He enters into the public office as king during the millennium.

The example of the Old Testament was the period of time between David’s anointing as the king, and his eventual enthronement successor to Saul. In hope of all that it has been seen and studied about the prophet, priest and the king bring through various passages in the Old Testament period and in light of the amazing way in which Jesus would fulfill all the three roles. We can conclude that with the words of Andrews “We have found the Messiah, which is being interpreted as the Christ.”

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JOB'S WIFE (2:4-10)

One day some angels came to present themselves before the Almighty God and along with them came Satan also. Then God looked at Satan and questioned him "where comest thou?" For that Satan replied he was going to and fro on the earth and walking down to and fro on it (Job 1:7).

God again questioned Satan "How you considered my servant Job? and above there was no more like him on the earth. He was a blameless, spotless and upright man. He would fear God only and turn away from evil. He always gave more importance to his integrity though the Satan tried to destroy him for nothing wrong in him" God gave very good compliments about Job.

Then Satan replied "skin for skin". He requested the Lord to give him permission to touch the bones and flesh of Job with some diseases so that he would certainly curse God. But God had complete faith in the integrity of Job's character.

As per the request, God handed over Job to Satan for testing his faith towards God. At the same time God warned Satan not to do anything to his life. And with all the necessary instructions God gave permission to Satan to do whatever he wanted in order to test his integrity and faith. Then the Satan took immediate action by inflicting loathsome sores on Job's body from top to bottom. Those sores forced Job to take a broken piece of pot and scrape himself by sitting in the ashes.

Then Job's wife came into the picture and said to him, do you still persist in your integrity, "curse God and die". But Job answered to his wife "You speak as any foolish woman would speak, still we received good at the hand of God, but not the bad". In all his bitter and painful experiences Job did not utter any "sinful" word with his lips.

For the ill-advise of Job's wife anybody would have suggested some positive idea to her remarks against God. With that she would not have become as infamous as Job's friends.

Quest for the Living God The friends of Job spent thousands of words in the Bible in order to make Job miserable, whereas Job's wife uttered only eleven words in two brief sentences - a rhetorical question and the answer - In most of the English translations, the two sentences of Job's wife were added up to fewer than a dozen words.

If we hear about her story for a while, not to dimean her, the Biblical writers did not mention her name, perhaps they had forgotten about it. Even after the fortunes were restored to Job with her seven sons, three daughters and the property was doubled, she remained anonymous. Job was originally a man with enormous wealth and the Biblical writers too mentioned that Job was the greatest of all men of the East (Job 1:3). He and his wife had every advantage that wealth could offer in those days but not the advantages and other sophisticated equipment. Job had many servants at home to look after everything. The family must have enjoyed luxurious life with good food because of their riches.

Regarding the way of life in their families, it is really peculiar. In their routine life the sons used to hold feasts in one another's houses in turn and they invited their sisters also to their parties. As Job was a good man, his children were good. But Job was very sensitive man to the possibility of evil. So whenever one of his sons to have his feast, Job would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings to God on their behalf in case they had done anything wrong in their day to day life and to be far away from evil.

I must say all this because Job's wife with her riches enjoyed comfortable life and at the same time Job loved her so much that even the righteous must have felt jealous of their happy life. If we look into the Bible and into the large families, they would have "Divine Blessings" and God blessed Job's family also in the same manner. They had good and peaceful life.

In such circumstances the Satan happened to inflict such disease to test his faith towards God; as if Job was the devils favourite. All the wealth was wiped out, in a series of dramatic misfortune. After that calamity seven sons and three daughters were killed when a desert storm blew the house in which they were celebrating in one of their traditional banquettes. This time Job could not have the chance to plead their case with God in his morning sacrifice.

After this calamity took place, Job himself suffered devastating illness. In the Bible we can find all this story, how the Satan took permission from God to penalize Job with the pretext of testing his faith towards God. Modern medical science would say that no such additional authorisation was needed. Any person who had gone through such series of personal diseases was a natural candidate for illness particularly this kind of disease that Job got.

We were never given clearly the medical description of his affliction. But we are simply told he had some loathsome sores - from the sole of foot to the crown of his head (Job

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Evidently, he must have been pathetic and repulsive to look at. In such condition he wanted to go out into the garbage heap and sit there to scrap away at the discharge of his body using a broken piece of pottary. One must have a feeling after looking at the suffering of Job, he had all virtually. When Job was in such critical condition his wife entered the scene.

Until the story came to that stage she was not mentioned in it. That too for a brief moment, she came to the stage for the delivery of her soul. Then she said to Job "Do you still persist in your integrity?", for that she did not get any answer. She answered herself to that question and said again "curse God and die". Her speech appeared to be very short but more powerful and to the point she did not blame any one, but it appeared there was a hint of importance in Jobs piety, the importance that one would feel while dealing with the quality of life. Job's answer was very brief for his wife's reference. It might appear at the worst. It might sound bitter, anger and at the best the righteous indignation. Therefore Job answered to her question. "You speak as any foolish woman would speak, we still receive good at the hands of God and not received the bad" (Job 2:10).

We can understand Job's wife without doubt, that she did not appear to be good in the convention. She appeared to have lost faith and hope in God. We can understand she might think and respond the way many a sympathetic compassionate spouse might respond or would she like to say "Dear Job you suffered long enough, nobody should have that kind of experience, not even God would appreciate. You have a right to die" If this is what she meant we can whole heartedly say that she was making a lower response to faith.

If we go further in our story everybody would certainly think about how much Job endured in his loss of wealth and also in the death of his children. But we must also remember Job himself physically suffered the same losses. As a matter of fact, it can be well argued her sense of loss in the death of children was even greater than Job himself.

Let us study about a preacher-cum-scholar in this context who recalled the pains. He and his wife who suffered a lot in the death of their first born child immediately. He remarked "She suffered more than I". She suffered boldly and emotionally. The man also suffered emotionally, because the child died immediately after the birth. There is probably no correct way to compare a mother's and a father's sense of loss because they are different in gender and personality.

Job's wife must have been depressed by the death of her children and at the same time she was unconvinced by the financial reverses. In that condition Job needed nothing but a garbage heap, that is all she needed as well. All the pain that descended on Job, descended with equal force on his wife also. But Job had an additional suffering of bodily affliction than his wife. In such circumstances we as readers can suggest something to Job's wife and that

Quest for the Living God is nothing but heartfull sympathy including those people who watch their patients at the bedside of their tormentedly ill particularly those people who suffer and remain on beds for years together than the women how they would remain at the bed-side of their adults or children for a long time and how long their mental agony would continue for the sake of their people, perhaps Job's wife would not understand that pain.

Before coming to the main story, we have to consider one more incident. There was a man whose wife was more powerful and dramatic personality. She was an effective and wonderful preacher. She was also a leader for many years, before the woman took the initiative to preaching and ministry in large numbers. But regarding her husband, he was just a standby, a sort of man with a self-deprecating sense of humour. Whenever he got the chance to introduce himself to anybody he would say "I am a jacket in the kings deck". But he was extremely proud fellow.

Nobody can say satisfactorily how much sacrifice the wives do towards their husbands and to the families. We must say women have immeasurable patience to any kind of suffering than men in the society.

I wish to quote one more touching example regarding tolerance of women. In a ceremony held at Artington some years back the president honoured a young army sergeant who was a father of three children with a posthumous medal of honour. In a rice paddy in Vietnam, he had thrown himself on a live mine, taking the full blast into his body in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. While the President was giving the medal to the young widow, he observed that she was controlling her tears. Then he said "You are a brave young woman". For that she replied "Mr. President, I have to be brave because he was brave"

Let us call that brave lady Job's wife, and honour the faith that her husband had monumented bravery, who represented a spirit of dedication and terror. Her's call for a hundred loving mights with sick children, attending dozens of meetings alone and trying to be both father and mother at all of those football games, and different parties. It is not easy to any woman to be Job's wife and to stand along the hero.

There is also most appropriate message by John Milton an epic poet in English literature in 16th century. He was a great poet, who wrote the poem "Paradise Lost" which became world famous. He became blind and he thought he became useless and his God's gift of great eloquence of writing poetry now became useless. But God seemed to have answered Milton with the following lines.

"God does not need

Either mans work or his own gifts who best

Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, His state

Is kingly thousands at his bidding speed. Job's Wife

And Posto'er land and ocean without rest

They also serve who only stand and wait"

Some of the people by nature in their life and in their assignment are called at times to "stand and wait". They have the responsible and complex role of Jab's wife to act. But as we think it is not so easy. Let us hope and believe that God would certainly see and understand. Then in the final judgement all issues of life shall be made clear; God will set everything and credit will be paid to the people according to their merits and demerits.

THE DOCTRINE OF MARTIN LUTHER

PROJECT WITTENBERG

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

by Dr. Martin Luther, 1517

Published in:

Works of Martin Luther:

Adolph Spaeth, L.D. Reed, Henry Eyster Jacobs, et Al., Trans. & Eds

(Philadelphia: A.J.Holman Company, 1915), Vol.1, pp.29-38

Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in Ordinary on the same at that place. Wherefore he requests that those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us, may do so by letter.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

1.Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam agite, willed that the

whole life of believers should be repentance.

2.This word cannot be understood to mean sacramental penance, i.e., confession and

satisfaction, which is administered by the priests.

3.Yet it means inward repentance only; nay, there is no inward repentance which does

not outwardly work divers mortifications of the flesh.

4.The penalty [of sin], therefore, continues so long as hatred of self continues; for this is

the true inward repentance, and continues until our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

5.The Pope does not intend to remit, and cannot remit any penalties other than those

which he has imposed either by his own authority or by that of the Canons. The Doctrine of Martin Luther

6.The Pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God

and by assenting to God’s remission; though, to be sure, he may grant remission in cases

reserved to his judgement. If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised,

the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven.

7.God remits guilt to no one whom He does not, at the same time, humble in all things

and bring subjection to His Vicar, the priest.

8.The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to them, nothing

should be imposed on the dying.

9.Therefore the Holy Spirit in the Pope is kind to us, because in his degrees he always

makes exception of the article of death and of necessity.

10. Ignorant and wicked are the doings of those priests who, in case of the dying, reserve

canonical penances for purgatory.

11.This changing of the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory is quite evidently one

of the tares that were sown while the bishops slept.

12.In former times, the canonical penalties were imposed not after, but after absolution, as

tests of true contrition.

13.The dying are freed by death from all penalties; they are already dead to canonical rules,

and have a right to be released from them.

14. The imperfect health [of soul] , that is to say, the imperfect love, of the dying brings

with it, of necessity, great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater is the fear.

15.This fear and horror is sufficient of itself alone (to say nothing of other things) to constitute

the penalty of purgatory, since it is very near to the horror of despair.

16.Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ as do despair, almost-despair, and the

assurance of safety.

17.With souls in purgatory, it seems necessary that horror should grow less and love

increase.

18.It seems unproved, either by reason or Scripture that they are outside the state of merit,

that is to say, of increasing love.

19.Again, it seems unproved that they, or at least that all of them, are certain or assured of

their own blessedness, though we may quite certain of it.

20.Therefore by “full remission of all penalties” the Pope means actually “of all”, but only

of those imposed by himself.

21.Therefore those preachers of indulgences are in errors, who say that by the Pope’s

indulgencies a man is freed from every penalty, and saved.

22.Whereas he remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to the canons they

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would have had to pay in this life.

23.If it is at all possible to grant to any one the remission of all penalties whatsoever, it is

certain that this remission can be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to the very

fewest.

24.It must needs be, therefore, that the greater part of the people are deceived by that

indiscriminate and highsounding promise of release from penalty.

25.The power which the Pope has, in a general way, over purgatory, is just like the power

which any bishop or curate has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish.

26.The Pope does well when he grants remission to souls [in purgatory], not by the power

of the keys (which he does not possess), but by the way of intercession.

27.They preach men who say that so soon as the penny jingles into the money –box, the

soul flies out [of purgatory].

28.It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money- box, gain and avarice can be

increased, but the result of the intercession of the Church is in the power of God alone.

29.Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be bought out of it, as in the

legend of Sts. Severinus and Paschal.

30.No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full

remission.

31.Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also the man who truly buys

indulgences, i.e., such men are most rare.

sure of their salvation because they have letters of pardon.

inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to Him;

these are appointed by man.

who intend to buy souls out of purgatory or to buy confessionalia.

without letters of pardon.

the Church; and this is granted him by God, even without letters of pardon.

granted by the Pope are in no way to be despised, for they are, as I have said, the

declaration of divine remission. The Doctrine of Martin Luther

commend to the people the abundance of pardons and [the need of] true contrition.

cause them to be hatred, or at least, furnish an occasion [for hating them].

them preferable to other good works of love.

compared in any way to works of mercy.

better work than buying pardons.

does not grow better, only more free from penalty.

gives [his money] for pardons, purchases not the indulgences of the Pope, but the

indignation of God.

to keep back what is necessary for their own families, and by no means to squander it

on pardons.

commandment.

desires, their devout prayer for him more than the money they bring.

trust in them; but altogether harmful, if through them they lose their fear of God.

he would rather that St.Peter’s church should go to ashes, than that it should be built

up with the skin, flesh and bones of his sheep.

his own money to very many of those from whom certain hawkers of pardons cajole

money, even though the church of St.Peter might have to be sold.

nay, even though the Pope himself, were to stake his soul upon it.

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silent in some Churches, in order that pardons may be preached in others.

celebrated with one bell, with single processions and ceremonies, then the Gospel, which

is the very greatest thing, should be preached with a hundred bells, a hundred

processions, a hundred ceremonies.

sufficiently named or known among the people of Christ.

not pour out such treasures so easily, but only gather them.

work grace for the inner man, and the cross, death, and hell for the outward man.

according to the usage of the word in his own time.

treasure;

the Pope is of itself sufficient.

God.

the last to be first.

fish for men of riches.

men.

such, in so far as they promote gain.

piety of the Cross.

all reverence.

men preach their own dreams instead of the commission of the Pope.

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