tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post6216324515070601202..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: A Reformation Homily - 2011William Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1511189961155192042011-10-29T23:52:59.475-05:002011-10-29T23:52:59.475-05:00Poor old von Staupitz. A classic example of how t...Poor old von Staupitz. A classic example of how the Gospel cannot be entirely overgrown even in the RCC, and how the overgrowth though can keep one from Gospel freedom.<br /><br />He couldn't break with Rome, and though he remained thoroughly Catholic re the overgrowth Rome put him on the Index of Forbidden Books on nothing more than reputation from his supportive association with a young Luther.<br /><br />And of course he at least ended his life as a Benedictine, not a damn Augustinian. I suppose if you can't be a Lutheran at least you can be a Benedictine, but what a waste of a life, in a monkery. Glad it went the other direction for me. The overgrowth is seductively attractive but just ain't worth it.Terry Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122266461403246084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-42268026473723633002011-10-29T20:37:18.722-05:002011-10-29T20:37:18.722-05:00Nicelyndone. thank you.Nicelyndone. thank you.Norman Teigenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704523935095549165noreply@blogger.com