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Martin Luther's condemnation of the monastic life: Therefore all vows of chastity out of the married state are condemned by this
commandment, and free permission is granted, yea, even the command is given, to
all poor ensnared consciences which have been deceived by their monastic vows to
abandon the unchaste state and enter the married life, considering that even if
the monastic life were godly, it would nevertheless not be in their power to
maintain chastity, and if they remain in it, they must only sin more and more
against this commandment.
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