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Snow on a dungheap


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I've heard and read numerous times that Luther referred to grace as "snow on a dungheap." Can anyone give me a citation for this quote?

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Yeah i have been looking everywhere for the actual documentation. I cannot find it. Like Eremite said it may just be a legen that was drawn from a discussion he was giving and used that as an analogy. But as far as documentation i could not find any.

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Brother Adam

What Luther actually said:

A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians:

"Let us confess with Paul that all our work-righteousness is loss and dung. Let us condemn as filthy rags all talk about free will, all religious orders, masses, ceremonies, vows, fastings, and the like..."

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