Wrong-headed & The Snipers

MalignD at aol.com MalignD at aol.com
Tue Mar 12 18:09:31 CST 2002


In a message dated 3/12/2 11:45:24 PM, you wrote:

<<The point you made at the middle of your post was the only one that was 
worth making. Her is what you said, 

One should bear in mind when speaking of Protestantism that it is not a
> singular entity like Catholicism.  The place of work derives not from 
Luther,
> rather from Calvin, and it is fundamentally different from the Catholic 
idea.>>

Yes, I remember.  The more important note, in my opinion, had to do with the 
role of good works as a ladder to heaven.  To put that forth as a Protestant 
idea is to get exactly wrong a point at the very core of Luther's thought.  

That to you is apparently not a correction worth the effort.



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