The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God con…

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The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ✨ Table Talk 'Of Marriage and Celibacy'
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Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity ✨ Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). The Table Talk of Martin Luther, p.220
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The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay. ✨ Table Talk 'Of Marriage and Celibacy'

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