24 January 2009

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

By this public rite we testify that though this act is mediate, yet it is truly divine, for the person is presented to God and it is pointed out that this person has been sent through lawful means by God Himself.  For it is not our work, but God's which we do; through us He calls and ordains this person.  And he who is thus called is presented to God.  In a sense he is delivered over to God for the ministry, just as when of old in Old Testament times hands were laid on the sacrifices, they were then devoted, as it were, to the service of God alone. -- Blessed Martin Chemnitz on Ordination in *Loci Theologici* p. 705

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