Tag Archives: Peter F. Wiener

presence of the lord

The Protestant Reformation has some strange old bones in the closet. Recessed genes that keep popping up in odd places. Those nasty margin notes of Martin Luther, that sinister side while mocking, and justly the clerical pomp and obedience without … Continue reading

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long hot summer: praises of follies

Divorce. But who gets custody? … In the summer of 1520 a papal bull declared Luther a heretic, giving him sixty days to recant or be excommunicated. Luther’s answer was to burn the papal bull, and the canon law with … Continue reading

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