tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post5475192011892638364..comments2024-03-17T19:56:31.931-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: I always forgetWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-84022115689140220682011-08-03T19:50:31.315-05:002011-08-03T19:50:31.315-05:00No question that Melanchthon is the pleasanter per...No question that Melanchthon is the pleasanter person - but Luther had more fun!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-16940440652332902922011-08-03T11:49:40.917-05:002011-08-03T11:49:40.917-05:00Sweet!
Just last night I was lead to AP IV by the...Sweet!<br /><br />Just last night I was lead to AP IV by the footnote to Romans 1:16 in the Lutheran Study Bible. I had not read it before.<br /><br />What a gem! Melanchthon's gentle and clear tone is easier for me to read than much of Luther where he sounds like he is on a dyspeptic tirade (e.g. Introduction to the Large Catechism). <br /><br />Not to put one reformer above another, both had weaknesses alongside their indespinsible strengths. <br /><br />I was put on to the personality of Melanchthon by reading about Durer's wonderful engraving of him. Durer deliberately departed from realism in order to depict his spirit, the inscription under it is false modesty, in my opinion. <br /><br />It seems that Herr Schwartzerdt was born with a face as awkward as his name! One can always change his name. . . <br /><br />Durer's picture tells a thousand stories, Melanchthon's prose tells a thousand more. I thank God for this great gift to the church whom He put in the right place at the right time.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866782929731975629noreply@blogger.com