What Martin Luther thinks about friendship
German theologian and leader of the Protestant Reformation (1483 to 1546); author of On the Freedom of a Christian.
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1 dated position, c. 1520, in their own words. Our reading of what Martin Luther has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingAn enemy is no more harmful than a flatterer
Their wordsHere is that enemy of yours, Leo, or rather of your Court; by his example alone we may learn that an enemy is not more baneful than a flatterer.
↗Concerning Christian Liberty, with the Letter to Pope Leo X (1520; English translation)gutenberg.org All 19 from this book