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Josh, did you write this? Nice work! I especially like how "The stench of potpourri" sounds a whole lot like "The stench of popery." ;)
 
On October 31st, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenburg Chapel. Much like Marty (ahem...pun intended), Luther discovered some heart-wrenching inconsistencies in the establishment to which he belonged, the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). He recognized the poor in heart being bogged down by the doctrines and commandments of men, thinking the way to God was through the mammoth RCC and her damning, unbiblical doctrines. Their only hope, according to these leaders (i.e. the managers, the Man) was to hope they could earn God's favor by way of works, money, indulgences, etc. The RCC's doctrine of Popery (potpourri ;) plush) was a dark cloud making one fallible man the purveyor of all "truth." However, God had a plan to reveal an essential doctrine of Biblical Christianity to a monk. This monk was Martin Luther who, by the grace of God, was changed by the fundamental doctrine Sola Fide.

The 95 Theses reveals a man wrestling with the corruption of Popery but not yet rejecting Popery as a corruption of Christianity. The Papacy in all its self-proclaimed glory was yet regarded as a divine institution. The Reformation certainly did not commence here but at a later stage when the monk was obliged to stand by a conscience captive to the word of God and resist papal tyranny come what may.
 
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