Theos-Talk Archives (June 1999 Message tt00050)

<< That someone (who? when? where? - scientific standards is to name 
things...) wrote a list with 98 >>

There are always different points of view. Almost 500 years ago, Martin 
Luther posted a list of 97 things he didn't like about the Catholic Church. 
I'm sure that many people called him a liar back then, and probably did so 
for the full 500 years. One of those "lies" was his objection to the fact 
that the catholic church was telling people that good deeds and special 
dispensations could help get you into heaven.

But eventually, the same people that call someone a liar might begin to see 
truth there. Last week, a statement was issued by the Catholic Church that 
this fall, on the anniversary of the date that Martin Luther posted those "97 
theses" on the cathedral door at (Wittenberg?), that a joint agreement will 
be released by the Catholic and Lutheran churches that it is only by the 
Grace of God that a person gets into heaven. Good deeds, without God's grace, 
are not enough.

One person is reading statements on one level, another person is reading them 
on another level. Perhaps one person can see truth because his background 
gives him clearer vision in those statements.

I'm sure that if I wanted to say that I was in a certain town on a certain 
date twenty years ago, that there would be people who could prove that I 
wasn't there, even if I was there.

I could tell you that I met Miss America a few years ago. I'm equally sure 
that she doesn't remember it, even though we talked for five minutes (we were 
both at a Literacy Conference). Does the fact that she can't remember meeting 
me prove that I didn't meet her.

Fine Print: I haven't seen the statements that are being alluded to. I'm just 
giving statements that I felt moved to make.

John

P.S. I hope, by now, that this only goes to the list once.

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