https://freerepublic.com/tag/nobodyelsecares/ en-us Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:19:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4137018/posts On this date in 1524, the first Reformation martyr of Switzerland was beheaded in Lucerne. Klaus Hottinger (English Wikipedia entry | German), a cobbler by trade, was among Zurich’s early radical reformers — the folks impatient enough for ecclesiastical change to go looking for provocative transgressions. On March 9, 1522 — two years to the day before his martyrdom — Hottinger was among several Zurich denizens who calculatedly broke the Lenten fast by gobbling sausages at a printer‘s home. History charmingly designates this event “the Affair of the Sausages”. It was scandalous precisely because Zwingli, a pastor, made no attempt... ExecutedToday.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4137018/posts#comment Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:19:18 GMT