{"id":39181,"date":"2017-10-27T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=39181"},"modified":"2017-10-29T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T20:30:39","slug":"martin-luther-on-fewer-saints-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/27\/martin-luther-on-fewer-saints-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther on Fewer Saints&#8217; Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: Throughout the month of October, leading up to the 500<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the legendary date of the outbreak of the Reformation on October 31, 1517,\u00a0<\/em>Pray Tell<em>\u00a0is publishing writings of Martin Luther reflecting his beliefs at various points in his life.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>All festivals should be abolished, and the Lord&#8217;s Day alone retained. If it were desired, however, to retain the festivals of Our Lady and of the major saints, they should be transferred to the Lord&#8217;s Day, or observed only by a morning Mass, after which all the rest of the day should be a working day. Here is the reason: since the feast days are abused by drinking, gambling, loafing, and all manner of sin, we anger God more on holy days than we do on other days. Things are so topsy-turvy that holy days are not holy, but working days are. Nor is any service rendered to God and his saints by so many saints&#8217; days. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>(To the Christian Nobility of the German Nations, 1520. 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