Martin Luther, 1546
Being an Anglican is a bit odd. On the one hand we are Protestant - well, we certainly aren't Roman Catholic. On the other hand, unlike the vast majority of Protestant churches, our founding was not really a direct result of Martin Luther and you don't really hear much about him in Anglican circles.
However I imagine there are a lot of things we aren't acknowledging. For example, he was the first person to translate the Old Testament into a vernacular language direct from Hebrew (rather than via Greek as Wycliffe did). Interestingly, perhaps Henry VIII should have taken him on as a spiritual adviser since Luther decided polygamy was acceptable.
He does also seem to have been someone who had a finger in every pie and something to say on everything. A Renaissance man, though normally we associate that term with someone a bit less serious.
However I imagine there are a lot of things we aren't acknowledging. For example, he was the first person to translate the Old Testament into a vernacular language direct from Hebrew (rather than via Greek as Wycliffe did). Interestingly, perhaps Henry VIII should have taken him on as a spiritual adviser since Luther decided polygamy was acceptable.
He does also seem to have been someone who had a finger in every pie and something to say on everything. A Renaissance man, though normally we associate that term with someone a bit less serious.
posted by Katie at 9:04 pm
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"Interestingly, perhaps Henry VIII should have taken him on as a spiritual adviser since Luther decided polygamy was acceptable."
A pity H VIII rather burnt his bridges in that respect, all those treatises.
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Thank you for the acceptance, any guidelines or similar you can give me a heads up on?
I was thinking I could scribble something about Perpetua and Felicitas, they are coming up soon I think, and I have written abotu them before.
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