(August 8, 2017 at 9:25 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 8, 2017 at 9:20 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Even the pious Lutherans are backing off of some of Luther's stuff.
Yet they don't asterisk their signage . . . .
From my understanding, it's mostly his rabid anti-semitism. That said, given his decision to stand up to the Catholic Church almost 500 years ago, back when it was both really corrupt AND the religious juggernaut of Europe, it makes sense that people would still admire him.
Still, for the current Lutheran hierarchy to back off any morsel from the founders pen might raise doubts about what else Luther was wrong about.
See how that works ??
The Mormon's insist on having it both ways; they maintain (with a straight face and everything) that they've never changed anything, yet Mormonism has clearly evolved, and evolved a great deal, since it was founded. If all but literally beat over the head with evidence that they have changed things, the most that will be admitted to is they've either updated the grammar, clarified something that people found confusing (now it's YOUR* fault!!) or they have made no substantive changes.
*I love that one, caught red handed changing essential and intrinsic church dogma and it hasn't been changed in meaning, YOU are stupid and we had to rewrite it so YOU could comprehend it. The quintessence of Mormonism !!
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
