On 8/3/07, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Wow. The way I learned it, from an adult Lutheran studying for her Confirmation, was that Luther didn't become interested in vernacular versions of the bible until he was in Wartburg, when he did a German translation of the New Testament. But it looks like she was confusing his translation into German with the beginning of his interest. I am not now, nor do I claim to have ever been, a Luther scholar :-) And I apologize for misinterpreting what you wrote in the essay. I though you were speaking specifically about the 95 theses, when as you say above you were referring to all of his theses. Not knowing about the other theses from around that time, when you wrote, "Luther wrote a series of short theses in 1517" I assumed you were referring to the 95 that I knew about. I certainly meant no offense. -- Mauro Diotallevi "Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be the god of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
