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\u00a0After his own marriage Luther\u2019s tone shifted to a stress upon the home as a school for character. It is the area where the Christian virtues find their readiest exemplification, and, whereas in Catholicism monasticism is the sphere for the cultivation of the counsels of perfection, in Protestantism the home is as it were a functional substitute.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nRoland Bainton<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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