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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: Sacrament. This saying of St. Augustine is so properly and so well put
that he has scarcely said anything better. The Word must make a
Sacrament of the element, else it remains a mere element. Now, it is
not the word or ordinance of a prince or emperor, but of the sublime
Majesty, at whose feet all creatures should fall, and affirm it is as
He says, and accept it with all reverence fear, and humility.
With this Word you can strengthen your conscience and say: If a
hundred thousand devils, together with all fanatics, should rush
forward, crying, How can bread and wine be the body and blood of
Christ? etc., I know that all spirits and scholars together are not as
wise as is the Divine Majesty in His little finger. Now here stands the
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