“The thread was not begun as a frontal assault on Luther or protestantism and the statement that it was is false and provably so.”
Well, I see it as a critique of Luther. He is compared and contrasted with a monk who managed to stay in the RC church.
I am ok with critiquing Luther in general, however, to say he left the RC Church when he was in fact excommunicated and sentenced to death is a bit much.
I assure you I have no personal acrimony towards you, and I was trying to write with cordialty, until such time as I was informed that Foxe’s was a book of myths (not by you), and got extremely disgusted. I put that right up there with Holocaust denial. I have no time for it.
>>>>I assure you I have no personal acrimony towards you<<<<
I don’t believe you do, nor did I accuse you of such. The point is that the post I responded to was a bit of a poke to the hornet’s nest that was unnecessary to the thread and the debate.
The article was NOT a critique of Luther but rather an interesting read on a priest who lived at the same time and yet went a different direction than Luther.
Many Catholics, including me, are unaware of this saint and what he did. That’s all and the reference to Luther was merely one meant to inform the reader of the time in which he lived.
Again, I have no desire to rehash or jump into the debate you are having with others regarding Foxe. I have only a cursory knowledge of Foxe and that was not my intent in responding.