http:\/\/www.iclnet.org\/pub\/resources\/text\/wittenberg\/luther\/catechism\/web\/cat-13.html<\/a>\u00a0about three-quarters of the way down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Appreciated your article on “Is water baptism a work?” but could you cite your references to Luther’s writings? I’d never before heard that he wrote these things. The references would be valuable. Answer: “What does Baptism give or profit? 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