Martin Luther

On the Divinity and Humanity of Christ

Chapter 18

Argument: Only God is good. Christ does not wish to be called good. Therefore Christ is not God.

I prove the minor premise from Matthew 19: "Why do you call me good? No one is good, but. . .," etc.

Response: Christ speaks there according to the capacity of the man asking the question: "You say that I am good, and yet you do not believe that I am God. Therefore you do not rightly call me good." Or thus: Christ wished to speak according to his humanity.