[Luircin]

And besides, I’m not calling him a fool; he made himself into a fool by calling the Apostle Paul a heretic.

Are you going to do the same now?

[af_vet_1981]

And besides, I’m not calling him a fool; he made himself into a fool by calling the Apostle Paul a heretic.

Calling Martin Luther and his followers heretics does not prove that accusation.

Substituting the word "fool" with another perjorative in that sentence illuminates the offense and the offense of the denial. Refusing to repent and doubling down on the offense increases the penalty.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.



Exodus, Catholic chapter twenty, Protestant verse sixteen,
as authorized, but not authored, by King James