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To: xone
"Please leave Luther out of it, I doubt he would be Catholic although certainly Christian."

The abuses identified by Luther have long sense been cleansed by the Church itself. It is possible that the Church would not have Luther today because he was such a virulent anti Semite. There was no need of a religious war that killed a significant percentage of central Europe.

5,476 posted on 01/21/2010 10:19:52 AM PST by Natural Law (God always answers your prayers. Sometimes the answer is "no",)
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To: Natural Law
It is possible that the Church would not have Luther today because he was such a virulent anti Semite.

No, since that isn't a bar. Witness Pelosi and pals who worship despite their positions on the current Jews in Israel. The Catholic Church's positions on key doctrinal elements ML protested about remain.

The abuses identified by Luther have long sense been cleansed by the Church itself.

There is no evidence to suggest it would have happened without the Reformation.

There was no need of a religious war that killed a significant percentage of central Europe.

And yet the 'Church' participated nonetheless.

5,491 posted on 01/21/2010 10:51:21 AM PST by xone
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