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Tuesday’s Table Talk: Luther’s Evaluation of His Wife

One thing that sets Credo Magazine apart from other publications is its emphasis on and celebration of Reformation theology. Well, what better way to become acquainted with the Reformers than Luther’s Table Talk! Check in each Tuesday as we listen in on Luther’s proverbs. Here is today’s Table Talk:

Luther’s Evaluation of His Wife

Summer or Fall, 1531

No. 49

“I wouldn’t give up my Katy for France or for Venice—first, because God gave her to me and gave me to her; second, because I have often observed that other women have more shortcomings than my Katy (although she, too, has some shortcomings, they are outweighed by many great virtues); and third, because she keeps faith in marriage, that is, fidelity and respect.

A wife ought to think the same way about her husband.”

Note: Luther was married to Katherine von Bora (1499-1522), a former nun, on June 13, 1525.

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