Arminius Quotes
11 quotes from Arminius — Germanic chieftain who destroyed three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, halting Roman expan….
“Let my brethren, therefore, make the experiment, whether they can deduce such consectaries as these, from the things which I teach; but let the experiment be made in my company, and not by themselves in their own circle.”
“But in his lapsed and sinful state, man is not capable, of any by himself, either to think, to will, or to do that which is really good, but it is necessary for him to be regenerated and renewed in his intellect, affections or will, and in all his powers, by God in Christ through the Holy Spirit, that he may be qualified rightly to understand, esteem, consider, will, and perform whatever is truly good.”
“To explain the matter I will employ a simile, which yet, I confess is very dissimilar; but its dissimilitude is greatly in favour of my sentiments.”
“Nothing is more obstructive to the investigation of the truth than prior commitments to partial truths.”
“[Theology] may be defined, the doctrine or science of the truth which is according to godliness, and which God has revealed to man that he may know God and divine things, may believe on Him and may through faith perform to Him the acts of love, fear, honour, worship and obedience, and obtain blessedness from Him through union with Him, to the divine glory.”
“I never said this, I never thought of saying it, and, relying on God's grace, I never will enunciate my sentiments on matters of this description in a manner thus desperate and confused.”
“It's very difficult to judge who exactly Arminius was. We have the historical figure, who we are trying to get a more complete picture of through historical and archaeological research. He is very hard to grasp.”
“Liberator haud dubie Germaniae — unquestionably the liberator of Germany.”
“This was a battle that changed the course of history. It was one of the most devastating defeats ever suffered by the Roman Army, and its consequences were the most far-reaching.”
“Almost all of modern Germany as well as much of the present-day Czech Republic would have come under Roman rule. All Europe west of the Elbe might well have remained Roman Catholic; Germans would be speaking a Romance language.”
“Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!”
