THE QUESTION WAS: Which character of the Reformation is responsible for the famous lines: "We must remove the Decalogue [ten commandments] out of sight and heart." and "Sin boldly (or bravely) but believe still more boldly (or bravely)."

Calvin
Luther
Zwingli

THE ANSWER IS…… B…..Luther

Luther also wrote

“Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.... as long as we are here [in this world] we have to sin.... No sin will separate us from the Lamb, even though we commit fornication and murder a thousand times a day."( Let Your Sins Be Strong: A Letter from Luther to Melancthon. Letter no. 99, 1 August 1521.)

For more shocking stuff from Luther, see

http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/most/getwork.cfm?worknum=115

An article on Martin Luther: http://aquinas-multimedia.com/catherine/new.html

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