[Mr Rogers]

“Let us not forget that Luther’s translation had a deliberate lie in it, in Romans 3:28.”

Not accurate. You may not like Luther’s translation, but it wasn’t a lie.

See:

http://beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2006/02/luther-added-word-alone-to-romans-328.html

[annalex]

In Luther's own words, from the link you gave me:

I know very well that in Romans 3 the word solum is not in the Greek or Latin text — the papists did not have to teach me that.

When one inserts a word that is not there, knows it is not there, then build a theology around that word being there, that man is no longer translating, he is lying.

That others made comments -- not translations -- that seem to agree with Luther has nothing to do with the issue of faudulent translation. Luther was free to argue that salvation is by faith alone, or that it is by whatever else that popped in his mind. He was not free to put words into God's mouth.

That defense of Luther "How to Respond" (LOL) is a shameful exercise in dishonesty itself. See how it is constructed: kilobytes are spent on pointing out that Luther's arrogant letter defending his lies was written polemically. Then, he explains how Luther must have felt. Then he admits the main point (cited above) very quickly, and moves on to what commentary exists where "faith" and "alone" are used in the same sentence.

Good theology cannot come from corrupt people. Luther was a corrupt person, - a liar. His theology is corrupt too. It contradicts the Bible plainly. Flee from the error of the "reformation" and read what the Bible actually says.

[A.A. Cunningham]

You may not like Luther’s translation, but it wasn’t a lie.

That's a rather Clintonian defense of what Luther did and doesn't jibe with Scripture. No doubt you also embrace his opinion of James being "an epistle of straw." I wonder what hoops you'd jump through to defend his attempt to leave out James, Esther and the Apocalypse. Basing your argument on the rants of a paranoid, schizophrenic, anti-semitic, alcoholic who couldn't control his libido doesn't bolster your position.

"And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book." Apocalypse 22:19

[Petronski]

You may not like Luther’s translation, but it wasn’t a lie.

Romans 3:28 was altered by Luther, and that was his lie.