And today’s fun is Luther-fun! We’re in Wittenberg, the home of the Prince Electors of Saxony... the home of the Reformation.
Hier stehe ich!
And here we are. The thing that kicked it all off: an indulgence, being sold to fund the debts incurred by Albert as he sought to add the Archbishopric of Magdeburg to his already not unimpressive spiritual possession of Mainz. (Never seen an indulgence before. Impressive.)
Luther’s pulpit! A rather thin base for such an... unthin cleric.
“I am not of the opinion that all arts should be trashed and killed by the Gospel, as was suggested by many a wrong enthusiast.”
Words for our current reformers from the first and great Reformer. Heed him.
A triple-decker disputation seat! The disputants sat on the bottom level, the adjudicator at the top, the audience listened and voted. We need some of these for General Synod...
Had to be done. And not for the first time... 🙈 telegraph.co.uk/comment/425993…
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