weenings

Updated: May 19, 2025

If, said Luther, we diligently mark the world and the course thereof, we shall find that it is governed merely by weenings or conceits, Mundus regitur opinionibus. Therefore sophistry, hypocrisy, and tyranny do rule and have the government in the world. The upright, pure, and clear Divine Word must be their handmaid, and be by them controlled; this the world will have.

Martin Luther - Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther