Luther on government service
November 15th, 2007From Martin Luther:
The very ablest youth should be reserved and educated not for the office of preaching, but for government, because in preaching, the Holy Spirit does it all, whereas, in government one must exercise reason in the shadowy realms where ambiguity and uncertainty are the order of the day.
– Quoted in “Faith in the Halls of Power,” by D. Michael Lindsay
