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Re: October 31st - Picture of the Day
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Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:34:05 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Johannes Koehler writes:
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> > Didn't completely follow the thing
> > about Dr Martin Luther, probably my fault though.
Just read this thread again. Not trying to nit-pick, but I think you may be
mixing up your historical figures. The Martin Luther you rendered in Lego
was (I believe) just Martin Luther, not a Doctor. The "Dr." probably seems
to precede that name in your mind because your are thinking of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader during the 1960s who shared a
couple names with the Church reformer of centuries earlier...
Cheers,
-Hendo
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| (...) It is possible that the Doctor title comes from the theology degree Martin Luther had, as a monk. He was a scholar, if I am not mistaken? And back then, all Church scholars were referred to as "Doctors of the Church". BTW, MLK was a doctor of (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: October 31st - Picture of the Day
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| Hello! (...) Nope. :-) The reformer Martin Luther was an Augustinian monk and also a Doctor of Theology at the University of Wittenberg. This is why he nailed his 95 theses on the church's door there because this door was used as a bill-board for (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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