Luther’s Legacy by slaveofone
In 1525, when the poor and oppressed peasants in Germany revolted against the cruelty and injustice of their masters, Martin Luther condemned them, “body and soul”, to hell. Believing the Christian State to be purposed by God to slay infidels, heretics, and political rebellion, Martin Luther said concerning “the least of these”:
Let everyone who can, smite, slay, and stab [the peasants], secretly or openly…
I will not oppose a ruler who, even though he does not tolerate the Gospel, will smite and punish these peasants without offering to submit the case to judgment.
For a prince and lord must remember in this case that he is God’s minister and the servant of His wrath, to whom the sword is committed for use upon…
Martin Luther, Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants