On 8/3/07, Mauro Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting stuff there, Nick. Just a minor clarification, though. > Luther's 95 theses were all about papal indulgences. There is no mention > in > them of papal infallibility, which was not codified or "defined > dogmatically" until 1870, a bit after Luther's time, and no mention of > translating the Bible into "the venacular," which came about four years > later during his year of exile in Wartburg Castle.
I'm quite familiar with the 95 theses. But in the essay, I was referring to all of Luther's theses around that time. Papal infallibility was implicit in the "great chain of being" worldview... and Luther questioned Latin-only Bibles even before he wrote the 95 theses. In fact, although Luther later denied any knowledge of how they came to be translated into the vernacular, thus taking them outside of the realm of academic discussion in which there was greater tolerance of heresy, some scholars believe that Luther in fact collaborated in the translation and printing of vernacular versions. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
