16 February 2007

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

The highest purpose of the church is the glory of God. For God gathers the church to this end, that He might have a special assembly by which He would be acknowledged, praised, and glorified, Eph 1:11-12. The subordinate purpose of the church is the turning of people from darkness to light, their translation out of a state of wrath into the state of grace, and their inheritance of eternal life. - Johann Andreas Quenstedt, *The Church* pp. 14,15

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