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| Us in Wittenberg, where Luther nailed the 95 theses 495 years ago today |
My mom showed this to me a few days ago and I figured it was the perfect day to post it. A Mighty Fortress in Latin, does it get any better than this?
Arx firma Deus noster est,
Is telum, quo nitamur;
Is explicat ex omnibus
Queis malis implicamur.
Nam cui semper mos
Jam ter terret nos:
Per astum, per vim,
Saevan levat sitim;
Nil par in terries illi.
In nobis nihil situm est,
Quo minus pereamus:
Quem Deus ducem posuit,
Is facit ut vivamus.
Scin quis hoc potest?
Jesus Christus est,
Qui, dux caelitum,
Non habet aemulum:
Is vicerit profecto.
Sit mundus plenus daemonum
Nos cupiant vorare;
Non timor est; Victoria
Nil potest nos frustrare.
Hem dux saeculi!
Invitus abi!
In nos nil potes,
Jam judicatus es;
Vel vocula te sternat.
Hoc verbum non pessumdabunt,
Nec gratiam merebunt;
In nobis Christi Spiritus
Et munera vigebunt
Tollant corpus, rem,
Mindique omnem spem:
Tollant! Jubilant!
Non lucrum hinc ferent;
Manebit regnum nobis.
(Translated by Buttman, published in 1830)
And for a little comic relief...
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