Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him …

Martin Luther
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Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted. ✨ Martin Luther (1959). What Luther says: an anthology, Concordia
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Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted. ✨ Martin Luther (1959). What Luther says: an anthology, Concordia

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