So Luther was basically just a “whistleblower”?
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but Benedict
seems prompted by some agenda, maybe not even conscious,
to re-unite Christianity—there have already been signs of this from the beginning with his sober evalutation of Islam.
RE: So Luther was basically just a “whistleblower”?
IMHO, calling him a whistleblower is a little bit simplistic. He had DEEPER issues than that as can be seen by his desire to debate them when he posted his 95 Thesis on his church’s door.
To make an analogy with today’s corporations, he was not only a company whistleblower, he was questioning the corporate charter as to whether it was departing from its original charter.
If there was any corruption in the Catholic Church at that time or today, I have no doubt that Pope Benedict would try to weed it out.
The Pope’s wanting to reconcile with Martin Luther’s spiritual progeny is admirable, but the doctrinal issues posted by Martin Luther still remain and need to be reconciled as well.
Whether this can be done or not remains to be seen.