tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post5080469358903379227..comments2024-03-22T16:09:48.895-04:00Comments on Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: On Luther's Adultery & The Wit of ErasmusJames Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-3159915179969198842009-09-13T00:51:30.112-04:002009-09-13T00:51:30.112-04:00Andrew,
I go through periods in which I don't...Andrew,<br /><br />I go through periods in which I don't enjoy Luther tedium. Thanks for your encouragement.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-77065934000019557632009-09-13T00:04:37.938-04:002009-09-13T00:04:37.938-04:00James,
I want to thank you for the Luther related...James,<br /><br />I want to thank you for the Luther related posts. I seem to lack the patience and attention span to do that kind of detailed, painstaking research. I find these little tidbits to be very interesting, and helpful.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056210915546208869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-8845541294821185132009-09-12T19:25:09.849-04:002009-09-12T19:25:09.849-04:00An interesting tidbit from the Augsburg Confession...An interesting tidbit from the Augsburg Confession:<br /><br />"If the obligation of vows could not be changed for any reason at all, the Roman pontiffs would not have granted dispensations, for it is not lawful for a man to annul an obligation which is plainly derived from divine law. 25 But the Roman pontiffs have prudently judged that leniency should be observed in connection with this obligation. Therefore, we read that they often granted dispensation from vows. 26 Well known is the case of the king of Aragon, who was recalled from a monastery, and there is no want of examples in our time."<br /><br />So... could Luther be freed from his vow by a pope, even though no longer living? <br /><br />From The book of Concord:<br /><br />"2 In the days of St. Augustine monastic life was voluntary. Later, when true discipline and doctrine had become corrupted, monastic vows were invented, and the attempt was made to restore discipline by means of these vows as if in a well-conceived prison."<br /><br />so, the idea of monastic vows as a binding written Romanist proclamation ....<i>developed</i>. Certain monks, were "free" until such binding pronouncement?James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-35361999873863357522009-09-12T18:37:04.233-04:002009-09-12T18:37:04.233-04:00One other question I would throw out... In the pas...One other question I would throw out... In the past I've had some interesting conversations with ecumenical Roman Catholics that aren't so ready to place Luther firmly in the torments of hell. <br /><br />If Luther's marriage confirmed his sin of adultery, wouldn't Romanists have to side more on the possibility that Luther's fate was not spent in the redemptive confines of purgatory?James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-30635606798604718172009-09-12T13:43:10.808-04:002009-09-12T13:43:10.808-04:00I don't know the answer to this, and I don'...I don't know the answer to this, and I don't have the time to check right now- were there "official" dogmatic pronouncements during the reformation period (Canon law, papal decree, council statement) that explicitly would have noted this distinction?<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-59036444239301032622009-09-12T11:34:02.226-04:002009-09-12T11:34:02.226-04:00James,
The priesthood and religious life are not ...James,<br /><br />The priesthood and religious life are not the same thing. Celibacy is accidental to the former, but not to the latter.<br /><br />In the peace of Christ,<br /><br />- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.com