tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3012299074122122504..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The rise of the neo-Lutherans. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-87277259013499511802015-04-20T21:40:07.031-05:002015-04-20T21:40:07.031-05:00The history of Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism i...The history of Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism is closely intertwined because of the similarities and differences in teachings than any two denominational contradictions. As Luther was once Catholic, he held to some of the traditions while wisely following the path of Holy Writ, the Bible rather than Papal discretion. It is also true that Luther's lack of support for the Peasants revolt turned more former Lutherans back into Catholicism than any single act, and thus greasing the skids of the Catholic Counter Revolution. But the main point is Luther's focus on the Bible, and even today, those churches of all Christian stripes which go outside of the Bible and look to the desires of the carnal world eventually become anathema to Apostolic Christianity, having accepted the values of society and desiring to please men rather than God.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-63091338553717406462015-04-20T10:16:52.359-05:002015-04-20T10:16:52.359-05:00While tobacco and the practice of smoking it had b...While tobacco and the practice of smoking it had been brought back to Spain by New World travelers around the time of the Reformation, tobacco was not used in Germany until well after Luther had died.<br /><br />Here's a <a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--OjL234U4yY/VTUPa4v7-rI/AAAAAAAABdM/fkkgW1O-5NE/w531-h571-no/Luther%2Bwith%2Bshades.jpg" rel="nofollow">more realistic image</a> of Martin Luther wearing shades, sans cigarette. It is not know when sunglasses were introduced in Germany.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2030704020006779272015-04-20T08:54:19.549-05:002015-04-20T08:54:19.549-05:00In his March 30, 2015, Romanist blog article, &quo...In his March 30, 2015, Romanist blog article, "<a href="http://the-american-catholic.com/2015/03/30/the-rise-of-the-neo-lutherans-will-there-be-a-schism/" rel="nofollow">The rise of the neo-Lutherans: Will there be a schism?</a>," Fr. Richard "Motley Monk" Jacobs, O.S.A., Professor of Public Administration at Villanova University, describes the divorce-liberalizing Kasperites as "neo-Lutheran," which is the Romish equivalent of "bogeyman."Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com