Welcome back to another episode of five minutes in church history. On this episode

we are finishing what we started last week. We ended with talking

about Luther and the doctrine of salvation and solace Christus and solophide and

sola gradia while the next saying the fourth saying of Luther has to do with Sola Scriptura.

It is his famous declaration given at Verms.

Here I stand.

Let's look at his speech in full.

Luther standing before the prince,

standing before all these leaders of the church

and the dukes of Germany, and here he is, the simple trappings of a monk standing by himself, he says,

since then your serene majesty and your lordships seek a simple answer.

I will give it in this manner, not embellished.

An actual literal translation would be without horns. And then he says, unless I am convinced by the

testimony of the scriptures or by clear reason, for I do not trust either in the Pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they

have often erred and contradict themselves, I'm bound to the scriptures I have quoted, and my conscience is captive to the word of God. I cannot and I will not retract anything

since it is neither safe nor right to go against my conscience.

I cannot do otherwise.

Here I stand.

May God help me, amen.

Well, this is a clear articulation of the doctrine of Sola scriptura.

We were talking last week about Luther's journey to faith, being disillusioned by his church,

and recognizing that he was coming to a very different view of

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