{"id":1871,"date":"2020-03-24T07:33:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T20:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2020-03-25T06:01:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:01:30","slug":"martin-luther-in-the-black-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/martin-luther-in-the-black-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther’s response to the Plague"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cI shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my persence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, <<\/strong>strong>he will surely find me<\/strong> and I have done what He has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above<\/strong>.\u201d–Luther\u2019s Works, Vol. 43, page 132.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my persence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of… Continue reading