We must not think that the theology of Homer is of equal value with that of Isaiah, or that all religions are equal, whether they have been established only according to the natural knowledge of God or according to the knowledge revealed in the Word. For in all periods of history this perverse opinion sticks in the minds of men that with whatever religion one worships God, if only he does so with good intention, he is pleasing to God...although the heathen can see the works of God, the creation and the sustaining of the universe, yet they fail to recognize the true God, because they neglect the Word which has been revealed by God and confirmed by His witnesses.
Martin Chemnitz, Loci Theologici
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