To: rmichaelj
Someone needs to put him to the test, as Eck did Luther at Leipsig.
23 posted on
03/30/2004 8:51:34 AM PST by
RobbyS
(Latin nothing of atonment)
To: RobbyS; american colleen
From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
"Eck, undisturbed and with the instinct of the trained debater, drove his antagonist still further, until he finally admitted the fallibility of an ecumenical council,upon which he closed the discussion with the laconic remark: "If you believe a legitimately assembled council can err and has erred,then you are to me as a heathen and publican" (Köstlin-Kawerau, op. cit., I, 243-50). This was 15 July. Luther returned sullen and crestfallen to Wittenberg, from what had proved to him an inglorious tournament. "
Oh if only history would be so kind again- Corappi vs. Daley or Pavone vs. Daley at the Diet of Utica. Of course, the sad part is that this defeat drove Luther into open rebellion, but at least one would know where the priest actually stood if this happened (ie outside the Church).
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