Out
of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following
propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the
Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and
Lecturer in Ordinary on the same at that place. Wherefore he requests that
those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us, may do so by
letter. In the Name our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
1.
Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam agite, willed that
the whole life of believers should be repentance.
2.
This word cannot be understood to mean sacramental penance, i.e., confession
and satisfaction, which is administered by the priests.
3.
Yet it means not inward repentance only; nay, there is no inward repentance
which does not outwardly work divers mortifications of the flesh.
4.
The penalty [of sin], therefore, continues so long as hatred of self continues;
for this is the true inward repentance, and continues until our entrance into
the kingdom of heaven.