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Luther's Rose Seal and Symbol
While he was a professor at Wittenberg
University, Luther devised this seal which he declared was meant to be
"expressive of his theology."
The following explanation is the gist of a letter written to his friend,
Herr Spangler, town clerk of
Nuremberg, Germany.
THE first thing expressed in my seal is a
cross, black, within the heart, to put me in mind that faith in Christ crucified
saves us. "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness."
Now, although the cross is black, mortified,
and intended to cause pain, yet it does not change the colour of the heart, does
not destroy nature - i.e., does not kill, but keeps alive. "For the just shall
live by faith," - by faith in the Saviour.
But this heart is fixed upon the centre of a
white rose, to show that faith causes joy, consolation and peace. The rose is
white, not red, because white is the ideal colour of all angels and blessed
spirits.
This rose, moreover, is fixed in a sky-coloured
background, to denote that such joy of faith in the spirit is but an earnest
beginning of heavenly joy to come, as anticipated and held by hope, though not
yet revealed.
And around this groundbase is a golden ring,
to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless, and more precious than all joys
and treasures, since gold is the best and most precious metal. Christ, our dear
Lord, He will give grace unto eternal life.
Find out more about
Dr. Martin Luther 1483 - 1546
Martin Luther's room
on the Wartburg, The Wartburg near Eisenach in
View of from the 1230-foot high castle
Germany, where he
translated the New Germany.
(Eisenach, Thuringia)
Testament into German
(1522).
Over the many years of
its existence (founded 1067), the Wartburg has become a place of pilgrimage to
many people from home and abroad. Its overall significance in the history of
Germany and of Christian religion cannot be estimated highly enough.
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