Shortly after noon local time. You had
breakfast, a nap, your exercises and a soaking bath afterwards. Carol is
washing clothes and just took the sheets off the bed. – Amorella
1207
hours. That reminds me of Martin Luther. His wife, who had been a nun, wanted
to wash the sheets but he thought once a year was enough. That’s how I remember
it from one of the biographies. I read a couple or so and don’t remember which
book. It was probably just hearsay but still funny some six centuries later.
Luther was always rather a hero to you in
your college days. – Amorella
1212
hours. He was. I don’t remember why outside of his: “Here I stand, I can do no
other.” I need a quick refresher.
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“Hier steche ich, ich kann nicht anders”
“Here I stand, I can do no other.”
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From Wikipedia –
Martin
Luther – 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a
German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in
the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and
practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim
that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He
proposed an academic discussion of the power and usefulness of indulgences in
his Ninety-Five Theses of 1517. His
refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and
the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his
excommunication by the Pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the Emperor.
Luther
taught that salvation and subsequently eternal life is not earned by good deeds
but is received only as a free gift of God's Grace through faith in Jesus
Christ as redeemer from sin. His theology challenged the authority and office
of the Pope by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed
knowledge from God and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized
Christians to be a holy priesthood. Those who identify with these, and all of
Luther's wider teachings, are called Lutherans even though Luther insisted on Christian
or Evangelical as the only acceptable names for individuals who
professed Christ.
His translation of the Bible into the vernacular (instead
of Latin) made it more accessible, which had a tremendous impact on the church
and German culture. It fostered the development of a standard version of the
German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and
influenced the writing of an English translation, the Tyndale Bible. His hymns influenced
the development of singing in churches. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set
a model for the practice of clerical marriage, allowing Protestant clergy to
marry.
Selected and edited from Wikipedia
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I remember the man was no saint. He did have the courage of his convictions though. (I wish I had more convictions sometimes, but doubts are not a plague, they keep me grounded.
Evening. Tomorrow Jill K. is here to clean
the house and you and Carol will be out on errands and lunch. You have spent
time attempting to find a better dictionary and have found one you already had
but had forgotten about. You also downloaded and updated Wikipedia Offline and
are glad to have it back on your MacAir. You had a Papa John’s pizza for a late
lunch and the leftovers will be tomorrow’s supper. – Amorella
2154
hours. I had a major Apple security download and actually the software appears
to be working faster with no glitches so far. We watched too much television
today. I even got in two episodes of X-Files.
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