“Do you think that statement could be the Catholic interpretation of what happened? I do.”
I’m sure it is. But that has no bearing on its actual rightness or wrongness. The bottom line is that it is, as I said, questionable. Which of course is a polite way of saying “wrong.” The assumption of Rome is kind of like that of the typical young person of today, that the whole world revolves around it ... or so it thinks. And Rome, like the young person of today, is simply wrong. The Reformation was and is about a great more than justifying itself vis-a-vis Rome. The Reformation is about confessing the truth before God, whom alone we fear, love, and trust above all things.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this matter.
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