[xone]

As I said, he read Matt 2 and declined his summons. I've never seen any suggestion of this before.

I left out the 'perhaps' from an earlier posting I had made. Mark, you have to face the fact that others who fell into the hands of the Catholics during those times didn't always fare well. I'm glad Martin didn't obey the summons. I'm not sure the Catholics had the reach where he lived without deniability. I am sure the Catholics would have killed him if they could. Perhaps without sanction if only for the reason he was costing some of them good commissions.

[marbren]

xone, I got one that I believe you and Martin Luther and MarkBsnr agree on, REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY.

[MarkBsnr]

I left out the 'perhaps' from an earlier posting I had made. Mark, you have to face the fact that others who fell into the hands of the Catholics during those times didn't always fare well.

I must have missed it. Thanks for clearing it up. It is true that the level of Catholic hospitality varied slightly.

I'm glad Martin didn't obey the summons. I'm not sure the Catholics had the reach where he lived without deniability.

Are you kidding? The only reason that we know that Henry VIII was able to catch and have Tyndale killed was because he was open and bragged about it and had him brought to trial. If he kept his mouth shut and simply had him assassinated, a common act in those times, then Tyndale's death would have been a complete mystery.

Perhaps without sanction if only for the reason he was costing some of them good commissions.

Fact: the Church did not have him assassinated.