Luther on the Future Fall of Christendom

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1 Corinthians 1:12,13

"Martin Luther, just before his death, writing on the prophetic periods of Daniel, in his German Bible, says: "About the

consummation of these periods, this gospel will be shut out of all the churches and confined to private houses." 

When one of Martin Luther’s guests remarked that the world might continue fifty years, he replied: "Pray God it may not exist so long; matters would be even worse than they have been. There would rise up infinite sects and schisms, which are at present hidden in men’s hearts not mature. No; may the Lord come at once, for there is no amendment to be expected." 

M.E. Cornell