Past thoughts on Reformation Day
What follows was a Facebook post I intended to make a Blog post. Somehow time got away from me and now, almost 9 months later, it seems anachronistic, but I wanted to put it here anyway. In the interval, I have since been received into the Holy Orthodox Church, and there is a draft post that will be ready for prime-time some day in which I will talk about that a little more. For now, here is some of the catalyst for my move: I have for several years now had mixed feelings and a slight melancholy and unease with regard to this day (Reformation day, October 31). On the one hand, Martin Luther had the courage and awareness to begin a discussion about abuses he saw in the Roman Catholic church. This is a great thing. The rediscovery that God is Love in the late middle ages is earth shaking in the West. Many of the reforms as they began to add up as time passed were truly good and necessary changes. Had Rome been willing to talk, had there not been several others riding on Luthe...