{"id":7364,"date":"2016-05-10T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T14:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:49:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T18:49:11","slug":"martin-luther-fascinating-facts-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/2016\/05\/martin-luther-fascinating-facts-series.html","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther: Fascinating Facts (Series of Articles)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/572\/2016\/05\/Luther-17.jpg\" alt=\"Luther-17\" width=\"468\" height=\"600\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Martin Luther<\/em> (1532), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)<\/span> [public domain \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Martin-Luther-1532.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">21 papers about Martin Luther: the founder of Protestantism and key early figure, from Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong, dating from 2004-2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These are old Blogspot papers of mine, retrieved from Internet Archive. Be sure to allow a minute or two for them to load, and select archived versions from July 2015 or earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907043003\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/09\/my-use-of-luther-biographer-roland_19.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">On \u201cControversial\u201d Issues Concerning Martin Luther (My Motivations and Opinions)<\/a> [9-19-04]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907043047\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2004\/09\/importance-of-studying-luther.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Importance of Studying Luther \/ The Inevitability of Protestant Tradition and \u201cHuman\u201d Authority <\/a>[9-29-04]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907074935\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/luthers-frequent-depression-spiritual.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Luther\u2019s Depression, Spiritual Crises, and Projection of His \u201cEvangelical Experience\u201d Onto St. Paul<\/a> [6-1-06]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907104244\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/supreme-importance-of-interpreting.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Supreme Importance of Interpreting Martin Luther in Context (E.g., His Views on Marriage and Sexuality)<\/a> [2-22-07]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907065635\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/martin-luthers-reactions-at-news-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther\u2019s Reactions to the Deaths of Zwingli, St. Thomas More, and St. John Fisher<\/a> [11-30-07]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906184012\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/martin-luther-civil-government-ought-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther: The Civil Government Ought to Put Frigid Wives and Adulterers to Death<\/a> [12-20-07]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100206210608\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/laudable-lucid-lutheran-luminary.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Laudable Lucid Lutheran Luminary Leibniz\u2019s Lousy, Lax, Lacerated Luther Line Letdown (?)<\/a> [1-9-08]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906191040\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/great-luther-citation-dispute-and-james.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Curious Luther Citation (On Councils) Examined in Extreme Depth<\/a> (+ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906192455\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/01\/great-luther-citation-dispute-part-ii.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part II<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906222544\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/great-luther-citation-dispute-part-iii.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Part III<\/a>) [1-27-08]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907042848\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/martin-luthers-public-flattery-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther\u2019s Obedience to Pope Leo X and the Catholic Church from 1518 to 1520 (+ References to Pope as \u201cAntichrist\u201d)<\/a> [6-11-08]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907070013\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/dialogue-why-was-martin-luther.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dialogue: Why Was Luther Excommunicated? \/ Luther\u2019s Expressed Obedience to the Pope\u2019s Decision Regarding His Orthodoxy<\/a> [6-18-08]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150908185519\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/luthers-radical-early-christology.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Luther\u2019s Early Christology: Manichaean and Gnostic Elements (Theobald Beer, Balthasar, and Pope Benedict XVI) <\/a>[5-26-09]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907061216\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/lightning-bolt-and-luthers-vow-to.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lightning and Monastic Vows: Did Martin Luther Kill a Man in a Duel in 1505, and Then Seek Refuge as a Monk?<\/a> [6-1-09]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907025712\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/choice-tidbits-from-luthers-blast.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Choice Tidbits from Luther\u2019s 1522 Blast Against Henry VIII: Delusions of Grandeur and Extreme Anti-Traditionalism<\/a> [6-17-09]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906184141\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/luther-advocates-rack-torture-and.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther Advocates Torture and Execution for Prostitutes, Female Sorcerers, Burning of \u201cAll\u201d Witches<\/a> [2-22-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906175818\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/erik-erikson-believed-that-martin.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Erik Erikson Believed That Martin Luther Was a \u201cManic-Depressive\u201d (Bipolar)<\/a> [2-26-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906175828\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/martin-luther-god-is-author-of-evil.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther: God is the Author of Evil and Eternally Hates Some Men \/ Horse and Rider Analogy \/ Everything (+ Damnation) Predetermined<\/a> [2-27-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906184007\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/martin-luther-despised-widespread.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther Despised Antinomian Distortions of His Teaching on Faith Alone and Didn\u2019t Reject Mosaic Law<\/a> [2-28-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150909201433\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/did-martin-luther-suffer-from-neurosis.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Did Martin Luther Suffer from Neurosis? Some Protestant Biographers Think So<\/a> [4-28-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150906063153\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/martin-luthers-condemnation-of-secret.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther\u2019s Condemnation of the \u201cSecret Sin\u201d of Masturbation and Acceptance of Celibacy for Those Called to It By God<\/a> [6-2-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150907182348\/http:\/\/socrates58.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/prominent-lcms-lutheran-pastor-paul-t.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Martin Luther Clearly Taught Predestination of the Damned (Reprobate)<\/a> [5-28-11]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meta Description:\u00a021 papers about Martin Luther from Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong, dating from 2004-2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meta Keywords:\u00a0Luther, Martin Luther, Origin of Protestantism, Protestant Reformation, Protestant Revolt, Protestant Revolution, Protestantism, Reformation<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Luther (1532), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons] *** 21 papers about Martin Luther: the founder of Protestantism and key early figure, from Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong, dating from 2004-2011. *** These are old Blogspot papers of mine, retrieved from Internet Archive. 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Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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