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To: muawiyah

Was Luther’s consort a nun or was she not? Or is it your contention that she was, on top of that, a married nun? My point is very simple: they were not free to marry. All this piling of historical context is fascinating but it does not alter anything in this simple proposition: they were not free to marry, so they were not married. They were fornicating.


481 posted on 12/11/2012 1:05:59 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
They were always free to marry ~ the nun in particular. Women in that day could not freely give consent for anything ~ so any oaths they made were meaningless.

What is implied is that someone who was free to pledge the nun gave permission for the marriage. You just don't know about that part.

Regarding Luther, you have to ask him directly ~ shouldn't be long now, eh? That nun is joyfully anticipating kicking you around the block.

506 posted on 12/11/2012 2:09:28 PM PST by muawiyah
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