For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us.
Martin ChemnitzAs however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.
Martin ChemnitzTherefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture.
Martin ChemnitzThus first of all in His own person He sanctified, restored, and blessed human nature.
Martin Chemnitz