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To: xzins

Once Luther's followers started rioting, looting and murdering, Luther hid.

Then there is the boring everyday politics that surrounded and influenced the reformation.


45 posted on 01/25/2007 8:11:34 AM PST by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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To: Jaded

Luther, who wrote "Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants (1525)," was no supporter of the peasant atrocities.


46 posted on 01/25/2007 8:13:59 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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