Friday, October 22, 2004
LUTHER WROTE THE THESES ON THE JOHN
and now the archeologists have found it! Eureka!
(Has anyone here ever read "The Motel of the Mysteries"?)
Anyway...
Apparently it has been known for a long time that the Reformation began in this most humble of surroundings. It was just that no one knew where it was located until now. It has been unexpectedly unearthed in the preparation for a garden which I presume will now never be planted.
Luther had a valid complaint. The traffic in indulgences was outrageous. He fomented a revolution in his sincere effort to reform the Church. Luther was not a sede. He just wanted a return to holiness. But look what he wrought. Look how revolution can go wrong.
Think about it...the reformation was born a mere few feet above the sewer. What would we have today if he had accidentally dropped the papers down the hole?
Whenever the call for revolution is raised, the threat of schism, heresy, and apostasy looms. Once begun, a revolution takes on a life of its own.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
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