Gary Bryson - *My Conscience is Held Captive

I am bound by the scriptures
By the Word of God,
My conscience is held captive,
By that divine measuring rod.
Here it is that I stand,
That is all I can do,
Because I am convinced,
That the scriptures are true.
It’s neither safe nor right,
To change my defense,
My conscience stands fast,
And I will make no pretense.

Gary Bryson
1/25/05


”Unless I am convinced by the testimonies of the Scriptures or by evident reason (for I believe neither pope nor councils alone, since it is manifest they have often erred and contradicted themselves) , I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted, and my conscience is held captive by the word of God; and as it is neither safe nor right to act against conscience, I cannot and will not retract anything. Here I stand; I cannot otherwise; God help me. Amen”.[These were Luther’s concluding words in making his defense at the Diet of Worms, Germany, in April of 1521.]

Gary Bryson

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