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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: Christ, what are they, I like to know, who seek salvation by the filthy rags
of their own work-righteousness?
Can there be anything more horrible than the papacy, an alliance of people
who crucify Christ in themselves, in the Church, and in the hearts of the
believers?
Of all the diseased and vicious doctrines of the papacy the worst is this: "If
you want to serve God you must earn your own remission of sins and
everlasting life, and in addition help others to obtain salvation by giving
them the benefit of your extra work-holiness." Monks, friars, and all the
rest of them brag that besides the ordinary requirements common to all
Christians, they do the works of supererogation, i.e., the performance of
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