RE: RAT Cheese it, the Fuzz!

["Sylvain, John" <jsylvain@station.sony.com>]

I heard about the encyclical and it occured to me that it seemed to ignore
the fundamental rift that old Martin Luther was so riled up about. I didn't
realize that it had become a thing.

But then the "works" that really made Luther steam were the payments to
church officials.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	LeeWochner@movingarts.org [SMTP:LeeWochner@movingarts.org]
> Sent:	Monday, December 06, 1999 3:35 PM
> To:	rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Subject:	RE: RAT Cheese it, the Fuzz!
> 
> 
> >
> >> The center piece of the religion of Jews, muslims, even Catholics
> before a
> >
> >>month ago, was
> >>repentence and atonement, with no guarantee of forgiveness.
> >
> >What happened to Catholics a month ago?
> >
> 
> 
> They signed an encyclical (not sure that's the right word, since I don't
> believe it came directly from the Pope) with Lutherans that seems to
> indicate that the Catholic Church now agrees with Martin Luther that
> sinners are saved through belief, not good works. Can't you feel the popes
> of the past five centuries spinning in the ground at 365 mph?
> 
> Lee
> 
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