Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Church! Congress Must Stop Selling Indulgences

We need a Reformation....or perhaps a different church?

My column in today's Durham Herald Sun

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1 Comments:

At 9:40 AM, July 28, 2011 , Blogger Jon von Briesen said...

minor point:

Actually, Luther didn't compose the little rhyme. He was referring to the sales jingle of Dominican Joh. Tetzel's traveling circus:

"Sobald das Geld im Koffer klingt, die Seele aus dem Fegfeuer springt."

The church has not had such effective PR expertise since.

 

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