Old in the New

The stove and throwing Jimmy into it

Cormorant, of Martin Luther's Stove, blogs on Martin Luther's aversion to James in "The stove and throwing Jimmy into it."

That epistle of James gives us much trouble, for the papists embrace it alone and leave out all the rest. Up to this point I have been accustomed just to deal with and interpret it according to the sense of the rest of Scriptures. For you will judge that none of it must be set forth contrary to manifest Holy Scripture. Accordingly, if they will not admit my interpretations, then I shall make rubble also of it. I almost feel like throwing Jimmy into the stove, as the priest in Kalenberg did. (LW 34:317)

Gotta love Luther! Lift a stein and read.

Labels: controversy, Epistle_of_James

posted by jdarlack @ 5.7.06