![]() Luther asserts that she is not chosen because she is “rich, comely, youthful, cultured, and held in high renown by all the people. To those who believe that Mary has earned this place of honor by her own merit or worthiness, Luther points to her own words regarding her lowliness and the work of God the Father in her as His handmaiden. Additionally, how Christians speak about her reflects what the Church believes about Christ’s nature and His disposition towards His creation. ![]() The Lutheran Confessions (Article XXI of the Augsburg Confession and Apology) support Luther in giving a threefold outline for how Christians may appropriately give honor to Mary and all other saints. In his devotional writings on the Magnificat, Luther carefully outlines how we should and should not honor this “Most Blessed Virgin Mother.” Luther neither wants to give her false attributes or idolatrous devotion, nor does he want to depreciate “her unique place in the whole of mankind, among which she has no equal” as the Mother of God.
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