Saturday, October 31, 2009

Luther's View of Sex

My study of 1 Corinthians 7 doesn't cease to unearth excellent resources. This resource, A Rhapsody of Love and Spirituality by David Feketes, revealed a lot of good stuff on Luther's view of sex. Some quotes reveal Luther in his own words...

This first one I used in my sermon:

Conjugal excels all other forms of love. The love towards one’s spouse burns like a fire and seeks nothing but the person of the spouse. It says, “I do not desire what is yours, I desire neither silver nor gold, I desire neither this nor that; I desire you yourself; I desire you entirely, or not at all. All other love seeks something else than the person of the loved one. Conjugal love alone wants the entire person of the loved one himself.

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