Mass: Re-Sacrifice? (vs. Lutheran Pastor)
Golgotha: the site of Jesus’ crucifixion: Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license] [written on 4-2-12] From a...
View ArticleMartin Luther: “Super-Pope”? “De Facto” Infallibility?
* * * With Extensive Documentation From Luther’s Own Words * * * Statue of Martin Luther [public domain / Pixabay] [originally uploaded on 13 November 2002 and revised on 15 May 2003 and 18 June 2006]...
View ArticleBooks by Dave Armstrong: “Protestantism: Critical Reflections of an...
(completed in May 2003; published by Lulu in September 2007) —– To purchase, go to the bottom of the page —– [Lulu cover design by Dave Armstrong] Table of Contents Dedication Introduction I Sola...
View ArticleReply to Lutheran on Invocation of Saints
Title Page of Book of Concord (Dresden: 1580) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * Rev. Jordan Cooper is a Lutheran pastor and theologian (I’m not sure which branch of Lutheranism he is part of)....
View ArticleDialogue w Lutheran: Rule of Faith / Fathers / Ecclesiology
(vs. Nathan Rinne) Lutheran church in Wittenberg, Germany where the Protestant Revolt began, with Martin Luther [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] * * *...
View ArticleLuther: Monks & Priests More “Earnest” Than Lutherans
Portrait of Martin Luther (1528), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (11-10-11) *** I confess, that I am much more negligent, than I was under the Pope, and...
View ArticleLuther’s Disappointment w “Reformation”
Martin Luther, 31 December 1525 (age 42), by Lucas Cranach the Elder [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * This is a series of eight heavily documented, topically related articles, written...
View ArticleErasmus vs. Luther Disputes Documented
Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * This is a series of papers of mine, documenting the...
View ArticleDialogue w Lutherans on Jesus’ Descent Into Hell
I.e., Hades or Sheol . . . Also Discussion of Nestorianism Christ’s Descent Into Limbo (1470-1475), by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (2-1-07)* * * This dialogue took...
View ArticleLuther’s “Prophetic” Authority Critiqued (Series)
Posthumous Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk (after 1546), from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] I wrote these ten papers about the...
View ArticleMy Dialogues w Lutherans (Series)
Luther at the Diet of Worms [1521] (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** I have linked to Internet Archive versions of my old Blogspot papers. Be sure to allow...
View ArticleDialogue w Lutheran on Christian Authority
Luther at the Diet of Worms (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** The words of CKRuch (LCMS) will be in blue. He was responding to my post, Jerusalem Council...
View ArticleIs Lutheranism Officially Anti-Catholic?
The Book of Concord and the Catholic Mass Colored version of the Whore of Babylon illustration from Martin Luther’s 1534 translation of the Bible, from the Workshop of Lucas Cranach [public domain /...
View ArticleDialogues w Lutheran Professor “CPA” (Series)
Image by “Geralt” [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** I have linked to Internet Archive versions of my old Blogspot papers. Be sure to allow a minute or two for the posts to load, and make selections...
View ArticleProtestantism Was NOT a Revolt?
Luther at the Diet of Worms (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** [6-2-03; slightly revised on 12-8-11] *** The so-called Protestant “Reformation” had to do...
View ArticleLuther Wasn’t a Revolutionary?! HUH?!
Posthumous Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk (after 1546), from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** [4-27-04] *** Many Protestants...
View ArticleLuther’s Inflammatory Rhetoric & the Peasants’ Revolt (1524-1525), Part II
Martin Luther (1526), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]***(10-31-03) ***** [see Part I] ***** Affiliations of historians will be noted where known (with...
View ArticleLuther’s Inflammatory Rhetoric & the Peasants’ Revolt (1524-1525)
Title page of the Memmingen Articles of War drawn up in March 1525, during the German Peasants War. It shows armed peasants with an assortment of weaponry. [public domain / Wikimedia...
View ArticleDialogue: Why Was Luther Excommunicated?
+ Luther’s Expressed Obedience to the Pope’s Decision Regarding His Orthodoxy Martin Luther and the Emperor at the Diet of Worms, 1521 (1887-1891), by Ernst Wilhelm Hildebrand (1833-1924) [public...
View ArticleErasmus-Luther Correspondence: 1517 to 1534
Desiderius Erasmus (1466/1469-1536); portrait (1523) by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/1498-1543) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (2-6-09) ***** “Luther Meets His Match” (Seven Parts) * Part I:...
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